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200
Romans invade at 55bc
The romans invade bringing latin with them however they could not take over the language of the celts -
450
Anglo-saxons Invade
The Anglo-Saxons invade bringing old English with them. some of the words they brought ar eat, sleep drink, son, sister -
Aug 13, 1066
Normans Invade
Normans invade bringing French with them. Then French was classified as the posh language with Latin being the language of the church . Some of the words they brought where parlimenrt, tax, mayor, minister and soldier. -
Feb 6, 1250
English Fought back against French
However by this time old English and french had started to merge -
Jul 9, 1300
Normandy goes back to the French King
The result of this is the connections are lost making England Speak English again. however it has change from the old English to the begginging of the language today -
Feb 6, 1476
William Caxton set up his printing press in london
This ment that english was the official language of englnd -
Johnson wrote his English Dictionary
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1800 to nowerdays
in the last 2 centuries technolodgy has advanced. now libraries, films, radio and finally TV have taken there part. Some words added where radar, laser, punk, heavymetal and house music. -
Nowadays
300 000 000 people speak English as their first language and a huge 1 258 000 000 speak it as their second language -
Vikings invade
The Vikings invade merging Anglo Saxon and Old Norse (or Viking)
