10 Questions
Which dialect eventually became dominant in Old English?
Late West Saxon
Who replaced Old English with Anglo-Norman as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest?
Normans
What language did the Anglo-Saxon migrants bring to Britain?
Ingvaeonic languages
Which group had a significant influence on shaping Old English through lexical borrowing and grammatical simplification?
Scandinavian Vikings
Which languages were displaced by the Ingvaeonic languages in early Middle Ages England and southern and eastern Scotland?
Celtic languages and possibly British Latin
When did the Anglo-Saxons settle in the British Isles?
Mid-5th century
Which language had previously been dominant in England and southern and eastern Scotland before being displaced by Ingvaeonic languages?
Celtic languages
Which dialect had a greater influence on Middle English?
Anglian dialects
Who conquered and colonized parts of Britain during the 8th and 9th centuries, influencing the shaping of Old English through lexical borrowing and grammatical simplification?
Scandinavian Vikings
What language replaced Old English for a time as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest in 1066?
Anglo-Norman (also known as Anglo-Norman French)
Test your knowledge of the origins and early development of the English language with this quiz. Explore the migration of Anglo-Saxons and the evolution of their language in the British Isles.
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