{"id":10023,"date":"2022-06-22T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishbusstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=10023"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:49:30","slug":"language-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/language-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we speak how we speak? 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Language evolution through the ages<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-khd6ouia-2e4a8bef09a0043f67f661dcbca524cb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Have you ever wondered what English and German have in common? Let&#8217;s take a brief look at the historical development of languages to answer that question.<\/p>\n<p>The evolution of language is a very interesting topic even if you\u2019re not a philologist. Throughout human history, language families have splintered into numerous smaller languages, mixing with and adopting influences from others along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Languages have also been displaced by larger ones or disappeared altogether. Sometimes, speakers of a language shift to the main language, either voluntarily or due to oppressive state policies. This can lead to the demise of languages and further proves that the vehicle humans use to communicate has always been in constant flux.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-4df0fc0b6a6ed8c8e746bccb75ad3b17\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-4df0fc0b6a6ed8c8e746bccb75ad3b17 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-4df0fc0b6a6ed8c8e746bccb75ad3b17 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-4df0fc0b6a6ed8c8e746bccb75ad3b17 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-10024 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-10024 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/language-evolution.jpg\" alt='' title='language evolution'  height=\"400\" width=\"700\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/language-evolution.jpg 700w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/language-evolution-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/language-evolution-450x257.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@mrasmuson?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Mark Rasmuson<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/collections\/8745031\/language?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kghq78dt-d0beab5181e65331c268fec185a9d4dd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><span class=\"normaltextrun\">LANGUAGE FAMILIES<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A language family is a group of languages with a common origin. Think of it like a tree with many branches spreading from its trunk.<\/p>\n<p>I double-majored in Slavic philology at Heidelberg University and am able to speak and read a number of languages with varying degrees of proficiency. And even though the languages I speak or understand are all very different, they all come from the same family\u2014the Indo-European family.<\/p>\n<p>The Indo-European family is one of the main language families in the world in terms of speakers; others include the Sino-Tibetan and Afro-Asiatic families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"reddit-embed\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/etymology\/comments\/cn9599\/language_family_tree\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" width=\"540\" height=\"527\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>As seen on Reddit. Photo credit goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/sssscomic.com\/index.php\">Minna Sundberg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES<\/h2>\n<p>Indo-European languages descend from one common, long extinct language called Proto-Indo-European. This language, of which there is no written record, spread from its disputed geographical location somewhere between Europe and the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Proto-Indo-European developed into different, numerous \u201cproto\u201d families, such as proto-Germanic, proto-Italic or proto-Indo-Iranian. These subdivisions in turn developed into separate languages that are now spoken all over the world including English, Spanish, Armenian, Iranian, Bengali and Punjabi. All those languages may seem to have nothing in common at first, but they do have the same origin.<\/p>\n<p>The knowledge we have about the features and vocabulary of the Proto-Indo-European language has been obtained through comparative linguistics. An interesting fact is that the features of the original Indo-European language are best preserved in Latin, Sanskrit and Lithuanian \u2013 who knew!<\/p>\n<h2>GERMANIC LANGUAGES<\/h2>\n<p>The Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages had a similar development. Proto-Germanic, its reconstructed common ancestor, spawned three main groups of languages: West, East and North Germanic.<\/p>\n<p>West Germanic branched out into English, German and Dutch; North Germanic groups together the Nordic languages, which include Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic. East Germanic languages are long since extinct.<\/p>\n<p>A quick look at some of the older vocabulary of Germanic languages quickly betrays their common origin: compare \u201chouse\u201d with \u201cHaus\u201d, or \u201cmilk\u201d and \u201cMilch\u201d. \u201cHand\u201d is the same not only in English and German but also Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian, and only slightly different in all other Germanic languages.<\/p>\n<h2>ENGLISH AND GERMAN\u00a0\u2013 very distant relatives<\/h2>\n<p>English and German are very distant relatives of the original Indo-European language and developed from the Proto-Germanic language.<\/p>\n<p>Germanic languages were brought to Great Britain by the Anglo-Saxons\u2014migrants and settlers from Northern Europe\u2014starting in the fourth century. There, the language evolved into Old English, which is considerably different from modern English, and prevailed over the local Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the pre-Germanic Celtic languages spoken before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons survived and are still spoken today, such as Welsh. Others, such as Manx, have been extinct for several years but there are ongoing efforts to revive them. Manx is the language of the Isle of Man, and its last native speaker died in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Old English and German are surprisingly similar, but the closest relative to English is Frisian, which is still spoken in parts of Germany and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>English and German are still very similar in some respects, for example the syntax and the vocabulary. This means that the way in which sentences are structured is not that different. Also, many words in both languages closely resemble each other.<\/p>\n<p>However, in terms of our work at EnglishBusiness, those similitudes may be deceiving. While many words are similar, they may have different meanings. Therefore, to accurately translate a text, translators must not only be fully proficient in both languages but also familiar with the respective cultural subtleties, ideally with long-term living experiences in both countries. At EnglishBusiness, my colleagues and I tick all those boxes, so you can rely on our expertise.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, languages keep developing, grammar keeps changing and words become obsolete and archaic. When looking at the bigger picture, we can see that that is a process that never stops\u2014and that we all have more in common than it seems.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/contact\/\">EnglishBusiness<\/a>, we always keep up to date with our languages of expertise. 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><a href='https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/englishbusiness-announces-strategic-partnership-with-deepl-to-empower-clients-with-safe-informed-ai-translation-solutions\/' class='small-preview'  title=\"EnglishBusiness Announces Strategic Partnership with DeepL to Empower Clients with Safe, Informed AI Translation Solutions\"   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/negotiation_to_win-180x180.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4050 avia-img-lazy-loading-4050 attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"Negotiating to Win\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/negotiation_to_win-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/negotiation_to_win-80x80.jpg 80w, 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Solutions\">EnglishBusiness Announces Strategic Partnership with DeepL to Empower Clients with Safe, Informed AI Translation Solutions<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/category\/press-releases\/\" rel=\"tag\">Press Releases<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/englishbusiness-announces-strategic-partnership-with-deepl-to-empower-clients-with-safe-informed-ai-translation-solutions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-16T21:47:57+02:00\" >16 September 2025<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/author\/anthonyl\/\" title=\"Posts by Tony\" rel=\"author\">Tony<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/negotiation_to_win.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>840<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>1440<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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How to tailor texts to the global market\">Translation or localisation? How to tailor texts to the global market<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/category\/translation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Translation<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/translation-or-localisation-how-to-tailor-texts-to-the-global-market\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-06-07T12:30:49+02:00\" >7 June 2023<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/author\/rolf-heckenenglishbusiness-de\/\" title=\"Posts by Rolf Hecken\" rel=\"author\">Rolf Hecken<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Writing-for-international-markets.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>700<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Rolf Hecken<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1_Logo_EB_4c_Claim_grau_M_300dpi_25cm.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Rolf Hecken<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-06-07T12:30:49+02:00\" >2023-06-07 12:30:49<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-09-30 20:49:24<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Translation or localisation? 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still master telephone skills in 2023\">Why (and how) you should still master telephone skills in 2023<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/category\/business-communication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business communication<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/telephone-skills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-05-05T11:01:29+02:00\" >5 May 2023<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a 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