Kentish was a southern dialect of
The dialect was spoken in what is now the modern-day county of
Further Reading
[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/kdialect.html] Dictionary
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Old English — n. 1. the Low German language of the Anglo Saxons, comprising West Saxon, the major literary dialect, and the Kentish, Northumbrian, and Mercian dialects: it was spoken in England from c.A.D. 450 to c.A.D. 1100 2. BLACK LETTER … English World dictionary
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Old English Latin alphabet — The Old English Latin alphabet – although it did not have a standard orthography – generally consisted of 24 letters, and was in use for writing Old English from the 9th to the 12th centuries. Of these, 20 were directly adopted letters of the… … Wikipedia
Old English language — also called Anglo saxon, language spoken and written in England before 1100; it is the ancestor of Middle English and Modern English. Scholars place Old English in the Anglo Frisian group of West Germanic languages. Four dialects… … Universalium
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Mercian (Old English) — Mercian was spoken in the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Together with Northumbrian, it was one of the two Anglian dialects. The other two dialects of Old English were Kentish and West Saxon.Historical originsThe dialect was spoken as far east as … Wikipedia
