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Language Change Timeline
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- 1Pre-0ADvarieties of Celtic languages, the roots of Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Manx and Cornish were spoken in different dialects across England
- 21st Century - 5th Centurysome limited influence from Latin on the native language, but the major Latin influence of English was to come much later
- 35th - 8th CenturyThe Celtic language was displaced except in Wales, Scotland, Cornwall and Ireland. Old English developed from the Germanic dialects, which varied according to where the different tribes were settled
- 48th - 11th CenturyThe Vikings’ language was close enough to that of the inhabitants to allow communication, Vikings took over the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- 511th - 14th Centuryfollowing the Norman invasion, there was a French-speaking power base – the court, the church and major landowners were mainly French-speaking, while the populace spoke English
- 611th - 14th Centuries continuedby the twelfth century English was used by the upper classes and in 1362 was used for the first time at the state opening of parliament
- 715th - 17th CenturiesWilliam Caxton set up his press in 1746,
many Greek and Latin texts were translated into English, there was a gradual acceptance of a standard form of English - 818th - 19th CenturiesAttempts to define the vocabulary and grammar of English led to prescriptive ideas about correctness, Latin was upheld as an ideal language and a model for English dictionary writers and grammarians tried to lay down rules
- 919th century - presentIn the nineteenth century colonial expansion and education extended access to written forms of English, media extended this process in the twentieth century
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