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{{Infobox language

|name=Middle English

| name             = Middle English

|nativename= Englisch, Inglis, English

| nativename       = Englisch, Inglis, English

|region=[[England]], some parts of [[Wales]],  [[Scotland|south east Scotland and Scottish burghs]], to some extent [[Ireland]]

| region           = [[England]], some parts of [[Wales]],  [[Scotland|south east Scotland and Scottish burghs]], to some extent [[Ireland]]

|era=developed into [[Early Modern English]], [[Scots language|Scots]], and [[Yola language|Yola]] and [[Fingallian]] in [[Ireland]] by the 16th century

| era             = developed into [[Early Modern English]], [[Scots language|Scots]], and [[Yola language|Yola]] and [[Fingallian]] in [[Ireland]] by the 16th century

|image         = Chaucer-canterburytales-miller.jpg  

| image           = Chaucer-canterburytales-miller.jpg

|imagesize     = 250px

| imagesize       = 250px

|imagecaption = A page from [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''

| imagecaption     = A page from [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''

|familycolor=Indo-European

| familycolor     = Indo-European

|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]

| fam2             = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]

|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]

| fam3             = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]

|fam4=[[Ingvaeonic languages|North Sea Germanic]]

| fam4             = [[Ingvaeonic languages|North Sea Germanic]]

|fam5=[[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]]

| fam5             = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]]

|fam6=[[Anglic languages|Anglic]]

| fam6             = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]]

|ancestor=[[Old English]]

| ancestor         = [[Proto-Indo-European]]

|iso2=enm

| iso2             = enm

|iso3=enm

| iso3             = enm

|glotto=midd1317

| glotto           = midd1317

|glottorefname=Middle English

| glottorefname   = Middle English

|iso6=meng

| iso6             = meng

|notice=IPA

| notice           = IPA

}}

}}

'''Middle English''' is an older type of the [[English language]] that was spoken after the [[Norman invasion]] in [[1066]] until the middle/late [[1400s]]. It came from [[Old English]] after [[William the Conqueror]] came to England with his French nobles and stopped English from being taught in schools for a few hundred years. Over this time, English borrowed several [[French language|French]] words.

'''Middle English''' or '''ME'''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Introduction to Middle English|last=Horobin|first=Simon|year=2016|location=Edinburgh}}</ref> is an older type of the [[English language]] that was spoken after the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman invasion]] in [[1066]] until the [[1500s]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDBF5TJZHzQC&dq=middle+english&pg=PP9|title=An Introduction to Middle English|last=Horobin|first=Simon|last2=Smith|first2=Jeremy J.|date=2002|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-521950-0|language=en}}</ref> It came from [[Old English]] after [[William the Conqueror]] came to [[England]] with his French nobles and stopped English from being taught in schools for a few hundred years. Over this time, English borrowed several [[Old French]] words and became part of the [[Anglo-Norman language]]. This period of the development was from the [[High Middle Ages]] to the [[Late Middle Ages]].

In the [[1470s]], the ''Chancery Standard,'' a type of English spoken in [[London]], started to become more common. This was partly because [[William Caxton]] brought the [[printing press]] to [[England]] in the 1470s. The type of English that people spoke in England between then and 1650 is called [[Early Modern English]]. There were many different [[dialect]]s of Middle English.

In the [[1470s]], the ''Chancery Standard,'' a type of English spoken in [[London]], started to become more common. This was partly because [[William Caxton]] brought the [[printing press]] to England in the 1470s. The type of English that people spoke in England between then and 1650 is called [[Early Modern English]]. There were many different [[dialect]]s of Middle English.

[[Geoffrey Chaucer]] wrote [[The Canterbury Tales]] in Middle English.

[[Geoffrey Chaucer]] wrote [[The Canterbury Tales]] in Middle English.

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== Related pages ==

== Related pages ==

* [[Middle English literature]]

* [[Middle English literature]]

* [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]

** [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]

* [[The Canterbury Tales]]

*** [[The Canterbury Tales]]

* [[Mirie it is while sumer ilast]], the earliest non-religious song in the English language, dating to ca. 1250 AD.

* [[Mirie it is while sumer ilast]], the earliest non-religious song in the English language, dating to ca. 1250 AD.

== Sources ==

== Sources ==

[[Category:1060s establishments]]

[[Category:1060s establishments]]

[[Category:15th-century disestablishments]]

[[Category:15th-century disestablishments]]