Discussion
After the Norman Conquest England became a three-language nation for at least two centuries. The three languages were
Answer: C
The three languages were English, French and Latin.
After 1066 French was spoken by the court and nobility, Latin was the language of the Church and learning, and English remained the speech of the common people.
German and Greek played no such part in England at the time, so the options with them are wrong.
English returned to official use only gradually, and a statute of 1362 made it the language of the law courts, so the three-language situation lasted until about the fourteenth century.
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