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The first languages in the British Isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. Hubbub, peat, crock, crumpet, and gob. -
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) -
This is the first people who spoke English, their language was Old English. vocab: eye, hand, man. (ull, mà, home.) -
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.) -
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) -
There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French. -
With the invention of the printing press in 1476, publishing books in English became very popular. -
He is a famous writer