<P> Old English developed from a set of Anglo - Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles , Saxons and Jutes . As the Anglo - Saxons became dominant in England , their language replaced the languages of Roman Britain : Common Brittonic , a Celtic language , and Latin , brought to Britain by Roman invasion . Old English had four main dialects , associated with particular Anglo - Saxon kingdoms : Mercian , Northumbrian , Kentish and West Saxon . It was West Saxon that formed the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period , although the dominant forms of Middle and Modern English would develop mainly from Mercian . The speech of eastern and northern parts of England was subject to strong Old Norse influence due to Scandinavian rule and settlement beginning in the 9th century . </P>
<P> Old English developed from a set of Anglo - Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles , Saxons and Jutes . As the Anglo - Saxons became dominant in England , their language replaced the languages of Roman Britain : Common Brittonic , a Celtic language , and Latin , brought to Britain by Roman invasion . Old English had four main dialects , associated with particular Anglo - Saxon kingdoms : Mercian , Northumbrian , Kentish and West Saxon . It was West Saxon that formed the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period , although the dominant forms of Middle and Modern English would develop mainly from Mercian . The speech of eastern and northern parts of England was subject to strong Old Norse influence due to Scandinavian rule and settlement beginning in the 9th century . </P>
where did the anglo saxon language come from
where did the anglo saxon language come from
from a set of Anglo - Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles , Saxons and Jutes
from a set of Anglo - Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles , Saxons and Jutes