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Period: 450 to 1150
Old English
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700
Origins and cultural influences
Old english developed after the Anglo-saxon invasion of Britain. When the Germanic tribes´s language mix up with celtic and Roman Languages. -
800
Lenguage Characteristcs
Old English had three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) like the modern but one of it´s diferences is that it used a system of words to show things in common. Also the vowels were pronunce longer