History of English

By Marisela999
  • 500 BCE

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    The Germanic tribes of the Angles, Saxons and Jutus arrive in the British Isles
  • 900

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    Viking invasions end the Northumbria domination
  • 1066

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    Normans conquer Great Britain and the French became the language of the aristocracy what generated the most English words
  • 1400

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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