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Old English was spoken and written in England from the time of the earliest recorded documents in the 7th century until approximately 1100.12
It is the ancestor of Middle English and Modern English, belonging to the Anglo-Frisian group of West Germanic languages. During this period, the language was characterized by four primary dialects: Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, and West Saxon. Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the linguistic landscape of England began to shift, eventually leading to the transition into Middle English.134