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Anglo-Norman language
The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the [[variety (linguistics)|variety]] of the [[Norman language]] spoken by the [[Anglo-Norman]]s, the descendants of the [[Normans]] who ruled the [[Kingdom of 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 Angl(contracted; show full)

Although English survived and eventually eclipsed Anglo-Norman, the latter had been sufficiently widespread as to permanently change English.  This is why English has lost many original [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] characteristics that are still strong in [[German language|German]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]].

Anglo-Norman [[morphology
 (linguistics)|morphology]] and pronunciation can be deduced from its heritage in English.  Mostly this is done in comparison with continental French.  English has many [[doublet]]s as a result of this contrast: 
*  ''warranty - guarantee''
* ''ward - guard''
* ''warden - guardian''

Compare also: 
*''wage'' (Anglo-Norman) - ''gage'' (French)
*''wait'' - ''guetter'' (French)
(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)]]