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Short answer: Middle English


Prior to the Norman conquest of 1066, England spoke Old English, also called Anglo-Saxon or Ænglisc.


After the Norman Conquest of 1066, English was replaced by Anglo-Norman for short time, by the upper class, while the Old English that was spoken by the common people developed into the next historical form of English, known as Middle English.

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