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replaced by the letters th. This is why

today t and h have a unique sound

when put together.

Around 1000, England was invaded

by Western Europeans. From 1100 to

1500, Old English changed into Middle

English. It used Latin letters. They look like

today’s alphabet.

From 1500 to 1800, the language changed into Early Modern English. It

used twenty-seven alphabet letters. The 27th letter was the ampersand.

All of the other letters represent sounds. But the ampersand represents

the word and. However, being the only letter that represented a word, it

was eventually dropped from the alphabet. The symbol is still used today,

though. You can see it on any keyboard.

These and other events occurring since ancient times have resulted in

today’s Modern English.

ђ ћ Ŋ ŋ &

English used to The letter eng was invented Ampersand used to
have a letter for the by a writer named Alexander be the 27th letter of
word that, which Gill in 1619. Eng represents the alphabet. The
is the name of this the sound ng, as in sing. Gill word and got its own
Futhark rune. It was wanted a faster way to write letter because it was
eventually dropped the sound. The word singing used so frequently.
from the alphabet would’ve been written siŋiŋ,
because it’s a word, for example. It was popular
not a sound. for a time but didn’t actually
save much time and was
excluded from the alphabet.

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