What is language and which languages are the most wide spread?
Language is a communication media. We use language to often in trading goods and social activities. Globalization and colonization brought languages closet together. I believe Mandarin and Hindu are the two most wide spread languages.
Why are some languages very similar while others are very different?
Some languages developed from the same root or encountered similar influences in the past, such as the romance languages in Europe, such as French, Italian, and Latin. They adopt similar words, but each of them are different from another. Some languages did not have any influences from other languages because they did not accept or encounter any cultural clash in their history.
How did English develop and spread around the world?
English was first influenced by Angles, who moved from Southern Denmark to Northern England and Jutes, who moved from Northern Denmark to Southwest England and Saxons, who moved from Northwestern Germany to South and West England. Few centuries later, the British government went around the world and colonized different countries in different continents, such as, the United States, Australia, India, and few countries in Arabian Peninsula. After, colonization, it is not only the language that was influenced by colonization but also culture was influenced by colonization. The spread of Christianity contributed to the spread of English because most of British missionaries used English to teach and to spread religion. Recently, the spread of English is through media as English has already become a prominent languages in the world, famous media which uses English are CNN and BBC. Incrementally, English language become the most prominent language in the world.
Language is a communication media. We use language to often in trading goods and social activities. Globalization and colonization brought languages closet together. I believe Mandarin and Hindu are the two most wide spread languages.
Why are some languages very similar while others are very different?
Some languages developed from the same root or encountered similar influences in the past, such as the romance languages in Europe, such as French, Italian, and Latin. They adopt similar words, but each of them are different from another. Some languages did not have any influences from other languages because they did not accept or encounter any cultural clash in their history.
How did English develop and spread around the world?
English was first influenced by Angles, who moved from Southern Denmark to Northern England and Jutes, who moved from Northern Denmark to Southwest England and Saxons, who moved from Northwestern Germany to South and West England. Few centuries later, the British government went around the world and colonized different countries in different continents, such as, the United States, Australia, India, and few countries in Arabian Peninsula. After, colonization, it is not only the language that was influenced by colonization but also culture was influenced by colonization. The spread of Christianity contributed to the spread of English because most of British missionaries used English to teach and to spread religion. Recently, the spread of English is through media as English has already become a prominent languages in the world, famous media which uses English are CNN and BBC. Incrementally, English language become the most prominent language in the world.