总括起来,世界上的语言可以分为两大类。一类是目前已经没有人使用的,已不通行的,或已被废弃了的,称为“死”语言(dead language);另一类是目前仍然通行的,称为“活”语言(living language)。希伯莱语、古拉丁语等属于前者;而汉、英、日、西、法、德、俄等语言俱属于后者,而且是其中最通行的几种。“活”的语言有一个很重要的共通点,就是它们都跟随着时代的发展而变化。英语是这样,其他的语言也是如此。不过,由于英语在世界上的通行度和通行范围都胜于其他各种语言,所以其变化尤烈。 To sum up, the world’s languages ​​can be divided into two broad categories. One is a dead language that no one has used, no longer used, or has been abandoned, and the other is still current, living (living) language). Hebrew, ancient Latin, etc. belong to the former; while Han, Britain, Japan, West, France, Germany, Russia and other languages ​​belong to the latter, and is one of the most common of several. One of the important things in common about “living” languages ​​is that they all change with the development of the times. This is true in English, as is the other languages. However, as English has gained more popularity and wider reach in the world than any other language, English has changed dramatically.