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The Early Language Spoken all over the European tribes was the Celtic language. This early language is still spoken, in Whales, Ireland, and Scotland.
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First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar
Roman occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius (beginning of Roman rule of Britain)
Roman withdrawal from Britain -
The Germanic tribes that settled in England.
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Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians) speaking West Germanic dialects settle most of Britain.St. Augustine arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons)
c.600
Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England -
Viking raids of Britain begin. They spoke a langue that later was spoken by Norwegians and the Danish.
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At this time the Normans invaded and spoke the early french language. this language was regarded as having high status.
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More french was spoken and books were published. English replaces Latin as main language in schools
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Greek, Italian,Latin and French were more mixed in. Books were being published. and People wanted a standard way of writing English.
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Early Modern English and Late Modern English, also called Present-Day English (PDE), differ essentially in vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, arising from the Industrial Revolution and technologies that created a need for new words, as well as international development of the language. The British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the Earth's land surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries.