English

Proper noun

Modern English

1. The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Synonyms

• New English

Related terms

• Anglian
• English:
  • Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
  • Middle English
  • New English (Modern English)
    • Early New English (Early Modern English)

See also

• Jutish
• Saxon
  • Old Saxon (Old Low Saxon, Old Low German)
  • Middle Saxon (Middle Low Saxon, Middle Low German)
  • New Saxon (New Low Saxon, New Low German)
• Upper Saxon
• Wikipedia article on English dialects
• Wikipedia article on New English (Modern English)
• Wikipedia article on Old Saxon (Old Low German)

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