Modern English

English

Proper noun

Modern English

1. The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Synonyms

• New English

Related terms

• Anglian
• English:
  • Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
  • Middle English
  • New English (Modern English)
    • Early New English (Early Modern English)

Translations

English spoken since the Great Vowel Shift — see New English

Further reading

• Modern English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of dialects of English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia