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English was first spoken in the British Isles after the arrival of Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century AD. They brought with them a group of West Germanic dialects that evolved into what we now recognize as Old English. This early form of English was spoken until around the 12th century, when it began to be influenced by Norman French following the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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