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Which dialect eventually became dominant in Old English?
Which dialect eventually became dominant in Old English?
- North Germanic
- Anglian
- Scandinavian Vikings
- Late West Saxon (correct)
Who replaced Old English with Anglo-Norman as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest?
Who replaced Old English with Anglo-Norman as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest?
- Celtic people
- Normans (correct)
- Anglo-Saxons
- Scandinavian Vikings
What language did the Anglo-Saxon migrants bring to Britain?
What language did the Anglo-Saxon migrants bring to Britain?
- British Latin
- North Germanic languages
- Celtic languages
- Ingvaeonic languages (correct)
Which group had a significant influence on shaping Old English through lexical borrowing and grammatical simplification?
Which group had a significant influence on shaping Old English through lexical borrowing and grammatical simplification?
Which languages were displaced by the Ingvaeonic languages in early Middle Ages England and southern and eastern Scotland?
Which languages were displaced by the Ingvaeonic languages in early Middle Ages England and southern and eastern Scotland?
When did the Anglo-Saxons settle in the British Isles?
When did the Anglo-Saxons settle in the British Isles?
Which language had previously been dominant in England and southern and eastern Scotland before being displaced by Ingvaeonic languages?
Which language had previously been dominant in England and southern and eastern Scotland before being displaced by Ingvaeonic languages?
Which dialect had a greater influence on Middle English?
Which dialect had a greater influence on Middle English?
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?
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?
What language replaced Old English for a time as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest in 1066?
What language replaced Old English for a time as the language of the upper classes after the Norman conquest in 1066?
