History of the English Language FORTA MELI KPMB MAKASSAR A few loanwords are borrowed from the native Roman-Britons but any further infuence frm the Celtic Languages or British Latin is disputed "Caedmon's Hymn," the dest know English poem, is composed around this time Vikings invade the eastern and northern parts of England. They bring a large number of words to the English and Old Norse speeds up the breakdown of the English case system
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c. 1150: Transition to Middle English
North Sea Germanic peoples including Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians settle in Britain, bringing with them the dialects that become Old English
1200
1066: Led by William the Conquerr, Normans, Bretons, and Frenchmen invade England and estabish themselves as the ruling class
1300 1400 c. 1480: Transition to Early Modern English Large-scale migration from England to North America leads to a new strain of English evolving there c. 1800: Transition to (Late) Modern English English continues to spread through media such as Hollywood films, popular music, and the Internet
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As a results of the Norman conquest, French words begin to enter Engish, incuding those regarding royalty, the law, and food items
The Great Vowel Shift occurs, affecting all dialects of Engish though in different ways)
1800 1900
English spreads across the world as a resut of the British Empire
2000
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