Chapter+2.+The+origins+of+English+as+a+language.

= ** The origins of English as a language. ** = === The English language as we know it today, has gone throw a major change. The first person who discovered a connection between all Indo-European languages, was Sir William Jones. He began to study it and developed a theory. He noticed that many words were alike in different languages. ===

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As you can see in the example, the words are alike.
=== Sir William Jones was born on 28th September 1746 in London. He was in an age of only twenty very skilled in many languages. He spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Latin, English, Arabic and Persian. It was because of his knowledge to so many languages he could see the connection between the languages. Thereby he concluded, that all the languages once were one language. - One global language. === ====== Sir William Jones

=== The kurgans travelled further and further away from each other, which resulted in, there was developed many new dialects. The Kurgans began to spread east over Asia and west over Europe. And that's how **one** global language became **many** different languages, as we know today. === Kurgan

The Celts lived in the Bronze and Iron age. They came from all middle Europe. (Downtown Europe- citat Bodil) From there they travelled to Denmark, Ireland and many other countries.
=== The Celts are also known for their art and their creative skills. The Celts who moved to Spain spoke Celtiberian and those who moved to Turkey spoke Galatian. The biggest group moved to France, Italy and nothern Europe, they spoke Gaulish. ===

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David Crystal is known for his knowledge of the English language.

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Written by Martin, Camilla A. and Nathalie.
 * "The beginnings of English"**