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Original inhabitants of the British Isles
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Celts
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Old English
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700-1100, synthetic and inflectional language, vocabulary rich in synonyms, relatively free word order,
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Middle English
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1100-1500, simplified grammar structure, word order more fixed, spelling more stable, two main influences –>Scandinavian and Norman French
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Early Modern English
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1500-1650, Great Vowel Shift
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