1. Ignacio Ulloa

2.  When Christian era started, Western Europe
was divided into:
Celtics in the south and
Germanic in the north
Both overlaid by
Latin

3. Celtic tribes name’s still survive, such as:
Belgi (Belgium)
Gallic (for French)
Welsh (Wales)

4. Fall of Rome
Evolution of
language
Modern
Romance
Languages

5. Scolarship
Remained
for
Latin
Influenced
Grammar and
Vocabulary of
modern languages

6. Different tribal groups
in Norther Europe
Germanic Languages

7.  Adopting a language does not make citizens
part of an ethnic group

8. Roman armies influenced Germanic
tribes, after conquest or because the mixture
of soldiers and mercenaries during wars

9.  Tribes gave the name for modern Europe
people.
Angles Germani Franks
• England • Germany • France

10.  A lot of languages are being spoken in
Britain, because of the Roman invasion. But
Latin does not affect English (yet)

11. Germanic migrants arrive, resulting
A mixture of different
dialects, which gave Britain
A Geographical pattern

12.  Tribes evolved into 4 kingdoms

13. Britain’s Languages
Northumbrian Mercian West Saxon Kentish
Some characteristics of these languages have survived until nowadays

14. Germanic were
replaced
Written
Runes by Latin

15.  Latin had to be adapted to Anglo Saxon
pronunciation

16. Official Spoken
Language Language

17.  English translations of Latin may have
created today’s grammar of the language

18. Church
developed
Written English
Produced in Northumbria
But using
Mercian Structure

19.  As Anglo Saxons expanded their
territory, they also expanded their
language, but other languages survived
because of geographical conditions and
political decitions.

20. Welsh, overlaid by
English which was
spoken by
Authorities, resulting
as
Continuous dissapearance of Welsh, even until
today