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All starts here this is how far History and Archaeology have gotten
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The inhabitants continue speaking Celtic and the language starts evolving with the mix of cultures and languages
there was a mix called Proto Indo European of languages -
Britain is invaded by Julius Caesar
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the romans leave and come others to Britan, in the meanwhile the locals spoke Celtic
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These three groups arrive in Britain and contribute with the vocabulary. in a mayor part the Anglo and Saxons because they had words more often used
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we have the Earliest inscriptions of Old English and begining of Anglo - Saxon language
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They come to England also contributing with Latin words
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"The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin)
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Old English epic poem was writen
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around the year 800 the Vikings invade Britain and created a disaster, but also contibuted with more than 200o words to the language
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Under William the Conqueror
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French was used for all official events. The Domesday Book, Ormulum are examples. Also the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge were Established
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there was a period of war called the 100 year war but it lasted 116 years actually
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Dictionaries, Shakespeare, Declaration of Independence, Britain abandons the Colonies. Many Changes in the world
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Time of Illustration for English, new words, expressions and knowledge
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During this time Britain expands their language to the world, as the language of the bible, science and Shakespeare
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when the pilgrims arrived they borrowed new words from the natives in order to name all the new things they were discovering
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King James Bible, light reading that became popular and had people using new phrases
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This was a period of science, new vocabulary and new concepts
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The dictionary of webster was published as an american Dictionary
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This Dictionary was created to enclose all the new words, many years passed to be published but has been evolving ever since
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The language is changing every day we have music, slang, words borrowed from other languages, contractions and mini words created by young people. Technology, science and more.
