Old English Evolved Into Middle English

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English is the second

most spoken language in


the world.

After Roman troops withdrew from Britain


in the early 5th century, three Germanic Old English evolved
peoples - the Angles, Saxons moved and into Middle English. Fifty-eight countries
established kingdoms have English as their
official language.

They brought with them the


Anglo-Saxon language, But unlike British and
British loyalists flooded Canada American English, which
which was combined with
during the American Revolution. As has a variety of regional
some Celtic and Latin words
a result, Canadian English sounds accents, Canadian English
to create Old English.
a lot like American English. is fairly homogeneous.

The real transformation of the


Old English was first English language was the arrival
spoken in the 5th century of William the Conqueror of
Normandy, in today’s France.

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