Anglo-Norman | |
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Anglo-Normaund | |
Region | Great Britain and Ireland |
Ethnicity | Anglo-Normans |
Extinct | 14th century AD[1] |
Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xno |
xno | |
Glottolog | angl1258 |
Anglo-Norman (Norman: Anglo-Normaund; French: Anglo-normand), also known as Anglo-Norman French, was a dialect of Old Norman that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, other places in Great Britain and Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period.[4][5]
According to some linguists, the name Insular French might be more suitable, because "Anglo-Norman" is constantly associated with the notion of a mixed language based on English and Norman. According to some, such a mixed language never existed. Other sources, however, indicate that such a language did exist, and that it was the language descended from the Norman French originally established in England after the Conquest.[6][7]