Listening - The EofE
María Claudia Anachury Pacheco 
Listening - The EofE
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Britain was invaded by various Germanic peoples and it was their languages, notably Anglo-Saxon, or what it is now known as Old English that became the dominant force.
The 17th century through to the end of the 19th century, British colonialism thrived. This had two implications for the English language. The first was the importation into the language of yet more words, pajama and bungalow, for example, from India. The second was the spread of English around the globe to India, America, East Africa, and so on.
The legacy of the Romans is evident in the Latin based or romance languages that still survive in many Western European countries.
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The new English speaking settlers in America wanted to set their language and their country apart from Britain and so brought in new words and new spellings, as well as a new more direct style of speaking.
When William I of Normandy conquered Britain in 1066, he established French as the official language, but instead of replacing English, French was assimilated into it and Middle English, a close relation to the language, is still spoken in Britain today.
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