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The romans brought the latin language.
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The germanic dialects they spoke would become known as Anglo-Saxon. Old English.
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They were influenced by Christianity having more latin, greek and hebrew.
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They brougth scandinavian languages, Old Norse.
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French Language was used for official business. Latin was still used in church. Middle English.
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English and French were spoken. Shakespeare added about 2000 new words and phrases.
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The English began to establish overseas colonies. English went to the Caribbean and North America and added words from these territories. Modern English.
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It was in handy little books. It shapes the way English is spoken today.
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The Royal Society was formed.
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Its linguistic legacy was widespread. In 1837, Britain governed Canada, large areas of India, Australia and New Zeland, and small parts of South America and Africa.
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Samuel Johnson published his famous dictionary in 1755, lasted eight years to compile and listed 40,000 words.
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The web was invented by English scientist Tim Bernes-Lee in 1989. The universal language on the internet is English.
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It is a global means of communication in numerous of dialects and the movement towards an international standard for the language.