Old English
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| Old English | |
|---|---|
| Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc | |
| Region | England (except the extreme southwest and northwest), southern and eastern Scotland, and the eastern fringes of modern Wales. |
| Era | mostly developed into Middle English by the 13th century |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Dialects | |
| Writing system | Runic, later Latin (Old English alphabet). |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | ang |
| ISO 639-3 | ang |
The Old English language, often called Anglo-Saxon, was spoken in England from 450AD to 1100AD. It was spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who came to England from what is now Germany and Denmark.
Old English is very different from Modern English; it has many more Germanic words, and its grammar is more difficult and closer to Old German. Old English slowly turned into Middle English after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Old English edition. |
