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The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the variety of [[Norman language|Norman]] spoken by the [[Anglo-Norman]]s, the descendants of the [[Normans]] who ruled [[England]] following the [[Norman Conquest of England|conquest]] by [[William I of England|William of Normandy]] in [[1066]]. This [[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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*''wicket'' (Anglo-Norman) - ''guichet'' (French)

The [[palatalization]] of velar consonants before front vowel produced different results in Norman to the central langue d'oïl dialects that developed into French. English therefore, for example, has ''fashion'' from Norman ''féchoun'' as opposed to Modern French ''façon''
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The palatalization of velar consonants before /a/ that affected the development of French did not occur in Norman dialects north of the [[ligne Joret]]. English has therefore inherited words that retain a velar [[plosive]] where French has a [[fricative]]:

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!English!!< Norman!!= French
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|cabbage||< caboche||= chou
(contracted; show full)== External links ==
*[http://www.anglo-norman.net/ The Anglo-Norman hub - a project to produce an AN dictionary.]  Contains articles and corpus texts.

[[Category:Oïl languages]]
[[Category:Medieval languages]]

[[de:Anglonormannisch]]
[[fr:Anglo-normand (langue)]]