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Welling Mathematics Languages UK The United Kingdom has had so many different languages it is hard to categorize them. One of the hardest aspects to determine is not what languages is dominant, but what language is dominant in exactly what context. Gaelic for several hundred years in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales was outright banned. But the government could not prevent the language from being taught at home. For example from a grandparent to a grandchild or great grandchild. Thus when the laws banning Gaelic in each respective area were undone; the languages were alive and well in the smaller communities outside the large cities. Alive and well but by only a very small portion of the population. Then there is the obvious difference between the English and the British culture. · List of languages o People of Kaern § What language they spoke, write in, etc. has been mostly lost to the ravages of time and society. But we do know the People of Kaern existed from the archaeology and architectural designs they left behind. § The megaliths of the UK most radically notably Stonehenge is the most striking of evidence the People of Kaern left behind. o
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Anglo 400-800 German invasions of Britain) § Jute § Dane § High German § Low German § Proto-German §
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o Middle English (1100-1500) § There is not a single thing about the Norman invasions which is clear cut about what happened. The Norman invasions are actually what most understand the invasions to be. § Consequently since the invasions are not what they appear to be; neither are the language changes which occurred. §
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