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The Germanic tribes of the Angles, Saxons and Jutus arrive in the British Isles
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Viking invasions end the Northumbria domination
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Normans conquer Great Britain and the French became the language of the aristocracy what generated the most English words
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English became the dominant language in Britain again the London dialect emerged as the standard dialect of what is now called Middle English.
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Modern english continue to this day
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The expansion of the British empire brought with him any words of foreign origin who joined english