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Anglo-Norman language
The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the variety of [[Norman language|Norman]] spoken by the [[Anglo-Norman]]s, the descendents of the [[Norman]]s who ruled [[England]] following the [[Battle of Hastings|conquest]] by [[William I of England|William of Normandy]] in [[1066]]. This [[Oïl languages|langue d'oïl]] became the official language of England and later developed into the unique insular dialect now known as the Anglo-Norman language

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Since many words established in Anglo-Norman from French via the intermediary of Norman were not subject to the processes of sound change that continued in parts of the continent, English sometimes preserves earlier pronunciations. For example, 'ch' used to be /t
S&#643;/ in Medieval French;  Modern French has /S&#643;/ but English has preserved the older sound (in words like chamber, chain, chase and exchequer).  

Similarly, 'j' had an older /dZ&#658;/ sound (which it still has in English and some dialects of modern Norman) but has developed into /Z&#658;/ in Modern French.

The words ''veil'' and  ''leisure'' retain the /ei/ (as does modern Norman in ''vaile'' and ''laîsi'') that in French has been replaced by /wa/: ''voile'', ''loisir''.

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== External links ==
*[http://www.anglo-norman.net/ The Anglo-Norman hub - a project to produce an AN dictionary.]  Contains articles and corpus texts.

[[Category:Romance languages]]
[[Category:Extinct languages]]