What is Anglo-Norman language?
{{Infobox language | name = Anglo-Norman | nativename = Normand | region = Great Britain and Ireland | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] | fam3 = [[Romance languages|Romance]] | fam4 = [[Western Romance languages|Western]] | fam5 = [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] | fam6 = [[Langues d'oïl|Oïl]] | fam7 = [[Norman language|Norman]] | iso3 = xno | glotto = angl1258 | glottorefname = Anglo-Norman | linglist = xno | notice = IPA }} The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the special sort of the Norman language spoken by the Anglo-Normans, the descendants of the Normans who ruled the [[Kingdom of England]] following the conquest by [[William the Conqueror|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. It was much like [[Old French]]. Anglo-Norman was the spoken language of the Norman nobility and was also used in the [[court]]s. == Other websites == * [http://www.anglo-norman.net/ The Anglo-Norman hub - a project to produce an Anglo-Norman dictionary.] Contains articles and corpus texts. {{history-stub}} {{History of English}} [[Category:Romance languages]]