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The history of the English language begins many thousands of years ago with the linguistic ancestor it shares with dozens of European and Asian languages. Let's begin with that pre-history of English, then learn about Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Present Day English.

In this video you'll learn about where English came from, what impact the Vikings had on our language, what the Normans did to English, why Middle English is so weird, how the printing press affected how we spell, what the Great Vowel Shift did to pronunciation, how Shakespeare changed English, and how colonialism and the technology age have changed how we speak.

MORE RELEVANT VIDEOS: Proto-Indo-European: https://youtu.be/IeAx3QZ7eRs?si=TBAzCHrEm87sNOID English runes: https://youtu.be/4npuVmGxXuk?si=sng7jdv2ESb7pqP2 French influence on English: https://youtu.be/TUL29y0vJ8Q?si=bVeiYD055D09mEVH The Great Vowel Shift: https://youtu.be/fmL6FClRC_s?si=31w2_37tjEvhJnJi The printing press: https://youtu.be/Syp1DVQgN_g?si=PzPsgDc6nVIRbkp3 Shakespeare's words: https://youtu.be/z_UtRe9DgvE?si=npx2sZHeYMONVSLz

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==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:05 Proto-Indo-European 1:28 Proto-Germanic 5:48 OLD ENGLISH 8:19 Vikings 9:57 Normans 11:06 MIDDLE ENGLISH 12:43 Printing press 14:39 Great Vowel Shift 15:33 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH 16:26 Shakespeare 17:20 Colonialism 18:00 Johnson's dictionary 19:30 MODERN ENGLISH 21:08 English is changing