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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The history of the English language is very extensively. It contains parts of French, Latin, German, Norse and of a few less known tongues.
Before texts were written in English, they were mainly written in Latin and were reserved to be read only by the Pious and royal.
The language how it is spoken today was formed only after Centuries of
fierce battling, governments being overthrown, and a period of time known as
the Dark Ages. During this time, the language began as Old English.
Later it was simplified into Middle English and finally refined into Modern English.
Old English is concentrated between the years 450 and 1150ad. In the year
449 Germanic Tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) invaded England after the Romans had already build a progressing civilization, complete with a massive road system.
It is assumed that the tribes terrorized the natives and forced many of them of their homeland. Their German language blended with those......

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