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600 BCE
The Celts
The first languages in the British Isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. Hubbub, peat, crock, crumpet, and gob. -
55 BCE
The Romans
They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today. Gladiator, hot springs, legion, plebeian. (Gladiador, aigües termals, legió, plebeu) -
450
The Anglo-Saxons
This is the first people who spoke English, their language was Old English. vocab: eye, hand, man. (ull, mà, home.) -
800
The Vikings
The Vikings came from countries like Denmark and
Norway and spoke a language that developed
into Norwegian and Danish Give, take, egg, knife, husband, run, viking. (Donar, prendre, ou, ganivet, marit, córrer, viking.) -
1066
The Normands
They spoke an earlier version of French and this became the language of prestige in England. duke, general, soldier, army, palace, law, cavalry, merchant, lamb, beef, and pork. (duc, general, soldat, exèrcit, palau, llei, cavalleria, comerciant, xai, vedella i porc) -
1400
Middle english
There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French. -
1476
The printing press
With the invention of the printing press in 1476, publishing books in English became very popular. -
1564
William Shakespeare
He is a famous writer