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Anglo-Norman language
{{Infobox Language
| name = Norman
| familycolor = Indo-European
| nativename = Normand
| region = [[Channel Islands]] and historically in [[England]]
| fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]]
| fam3 = [[Romance languages|Romance]]
| fam4 = [[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]
(contracted; show full)ng]]'') in the [[Cotentin peninsula]] and a general use of the word ''[[acre]]'' for land measurement in Normandy until [[metrication]] in the [[19th century]]. Otherwise the direct influence of English in mainland Norman (such as ''smogler'' - to smuggle) is because of direct contact in later centuries with English rather than Anglo-Norman.

Although Anglo-Norman was falling into everyday disuse by the [[13th century]] (Middle English was becoming stronger
, as evidenced by [[Chaucer]]), it has left an indelible mark on English.  Thousands of words, phrases and expressions derived from it.  English would have been a very different language without the influence of Anglo-Norman.

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

[[Category:Norman language]]
[[Category:Norman and Medieval England|Language]]
[[Category:Medieval languages]]
[[Category:Extinct Romance languages]]

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