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People started speaking English around 5th century AD. The old English also know as Anglo - Saxon was developed from some Germanic languages. The tribes that formed English are These the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. These tribes settled in Britain and influence the native Celtic language that was spoken in Britain. Over time, English language developed and was spoken in Britain.

Beowulf (/be.wlf/; in Old English [beowlf] or [bewlf], literally bee wolf i.e. bee hunter, a kenning for bear) is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.

The norman conquest-the norman conquest marked the beginning of what it is known as middle english. in the period included between the years 1066-1075, english becomes the language of the lower classes (peasants and slaves). norman french becomes the language of the court and propertied classes. the legal system is redrawn along norman lines and conducted in french. churches, monasteries gradually filled with french-speaking functionaries, who use french for record-keeping. authors write literature in french, not english. for all practical purposes english is no longer a written language. however, bilingualism becomes more common, especially among those who deal with both upper and lower classes.

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