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๐”ผ๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•™ โ„๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ช สšโœฉษž

By ยฐห–โœงหšสšโ™กษžหšโœงห–ยฐ
  • 600 BCE

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ฎ๐–Š๐–‘๐–™๐–˜

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ฎ๐–Š๐–‘๐–™๐–˜
    The first languages in the British Isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. These people settled the British Isles about
    600 BC. That is more than 2500 years ago! Words from the Celts; war, battle, druid, brat, settlement... etc.
  • 55 BCE

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ฝ๐–”๐–’๐–†๐–“๐–˜

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ฝ๐–”๐–’๐–†๐–“๐–˜
    In 55BC, there was an invasion by the Romans, who spoke Latin.
    They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today. Word from the Romans; temple, soldier, mosaic, colosseum, villa... etc.
  • 447

    ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–Œ๐–‘๐–” - ๐•พ๐–†๐–๐–”๐–“๐–˜

    ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–Œ๐–‘๐–” - ๐•พ๐–†๐–๐–”๐–“๐–˜
    The first people who spoke English
    arrived in England in about the year 450.
    These people were the Anglo-Saxons
    and their language was Old English. Words from the anglo-saxons; jewellery, coins... etc.
  • 800

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐“ฅ๐–Ž๐“ด๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ๐–˜

    From about 800, the Vikings started to invade Britain.
    The Vikings came from countries like Denmark and
    Norway and spoke a language that developed
    into Norwegian and Danish Words from the vikings; empire, medieval, anvil, attack... etc.
  • 1066

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•น๐–”๐–—๐–’๐–†๐–“๐–˜

    In 1066, the Normans invaded England from Normandy in France.
    They spoke an earlier version of French and this became the language of prestige in England. Words from the Normans; Rice, nuggets, powers, savage...
  • 1400

    ๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–‰๐–‘๐–Š ๐•ฐ๐–“๐–Œ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–˜๐–

    There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French.
    A number of books were published in Middle English.
    The most famous is a book of stories called
    The Canterbury Tales (1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer. Words from middle english; Weze, callosity...
  • 1476

    ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ป๐–—๐–Ž๐–“๐–™๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐•ป๐–—๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜

    With the invention of the printing press in 1476, publishing books in English became very popular.
  • 1546

    ๐–‚๐–Ž๐–‘๐–‘๐–Ž๐–†๐–’ ๐“ข๐–๐–†๐“ด๐–Š๐–˜๐–๐–•๐–Š๐–†๐–—

    There are many important authors in Modern English, but one of the most famous writers is William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616).