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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)x27;mushroom'' preserves a hush [[Sibilant consonant|sibilant]] in ''mousseron'' not recorded in French orthography, as does ''cushion'' for ''coussin''. Conversely, the pronunciation of the word ''sugar'' resembles Norman ''chucre'' even if the spelling is closer to French ''sucre''.

Distinctions in meaning between AN and PF have led to many ''faux amis'' (
words having similar form but different meanings''[[false friends]]'') in Modern English and Modern French.  See [[List of false friends]].

Note the doublets ''catch'' and ''chase'', both deriving from Latin ''captiare''. ''Catch'' demonstrates the Norman development of the velars, while ''chase'' is the French equivalent imported with a different meaning.

(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)]]