Y7 English U1.2 A Brief History of the English LanguagePart 1

A Brief History of the English Language Part 1

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Key Learning

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Key Practice

• Latin was the language spoken and written by the Romans.
• England was invaded by the Romans but it wasn't until the Christain religion was established in AD650 that the Roman alphabet was introduced and language and writng changed.
• Latin provided thousands of news words and parts of words.
• In a dictionary L shows when a word has Latin roots