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CHAPTER 1, , HOW ENGLISH BEGAN, than Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, Latin, and other, The English langüage is much 'younger', Asian languages were, great classical languages of the past. When these European and, exist. The English we speak today, ruling the world, the names English and England did not, (together called, came from the speech of the Germanic tribes: Angles, Saxons and Jutes, who invaded England in the fifth century and gave the country its name, the, and its language., , Europe, The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic people who lived in North and West, (present day Denmark, Germany and Holland). The languages they used were Germanic, other, or Teutonic. These languages were closely related to Latin, Greek Sanskrit and, languages of the Indo- European family (or group) of languages,Thus, through Germanic,, English belongs to the ancient Indo-Eur6pean family of languages. The 'roots' of English, are shown in the diagram given below:, , INDO, EUROPEAN, , Germanic, Persian. Sanskrit, Balto-Slavic, , Latin, Greek, , Modem Indian languages, , West Germanic, , Old Englishw, , F.nglish, Hindi. Punjabi, Bengali,, , Assamese, Oriya, Gujrati., , Marathi, etc.

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natives of England. The Saxons,, the, by, Saxons, however,, The Germanic invaderswere called, or foreigners. They,, on the other hand, called the natives ofEngland "Wealas", from the name : Angles (Old, derived, was, word, began to call their languages Englisc. This, Angle-kin, that is, the race, (or, Anglecynn, English: Engle). The counüy was given the name, the land of the Angles), (or, Englaland, name, Ofthe Angles). From about AD 1000, the, country England , and the, came into use in place of Anglecynn. Thus both the name of the, language, English, are not native to English., , Exercises, 1. Complete the statements given below:, a), b), c), d), , English language is .............. than Persian., English we speak today has come from ... ..... .. of ......, The Anglo- Saxons were, people., Through, . English belongs to the ancient ..... ..., of languages., , tribe., , . family, , 2. Answer these questions very briefly:, , 1. Who did the natives of England call Saxons?, 2. What did the Saxons call the natives of England?, , 3. Which languages werecalled 'Englisc'?, 4. When did the name 'Englaland' come into use? Which word did, it, replace?