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3000 BCE
Protoindoeuropean Language
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600 BCE
First Languages in the British Islands
Welsh and Scots Gaelic -
550 BCE
The Roman Invation
The reason we can find roman influences in the language -
450
The Anglo-saxons
The language that gave form to the English Language after they invaded England -
800
The Viking Invation
Their language gave form to Danish and Norwegian. English borrowed words after the invation. -
1066
The Norman Invation
After they invaded England from France, french became a high status language and many words were borrowed to the English language.