Historical language

Historical language is the way people used to talk a long time ago. It's like how your grandparents might use some words or phrases that you've never heard before or that are not commonly used nowadays.

Imagine you have a secret code that only you and your friends know how to use. You might speak in this code to keep your conversations private. Historical language is kind of like that secret code, but it was used by people in the past to talk to each other in their everyday lives.

Just like how people today use different words and phrases depending on where they live, what their age is or what their job is, historical language also changes depending on the time period and the area that you're looking at. For example, people in medieval times might use words that we don't use anymore like "thou" instead of "you", or "ye olde" instead of "the old".

So, when we study historical language, we're basically trying to figure out what people used to say and how they used to say it a long time ago. It helps us understand how language has evolved over time and how different cultures and societies have communicated with each other over the centuries.