Write briefly about the dialects of Middle English.

 Write briefly about the dialects of Middle English.

 Ans. The dialects of Middle English existed in both spoken and written

form. There was no single literary standard and the language varied from our

to contry. Further, Old English had four dialects but Middle English has one

more. They were known as Northern, Southern, East Midland, West Midlan

and Kentish. Only the last remain unchange. The Northumbrian of Old English

is now called Northern, West-Saxon is now southern and Mercian is divided

into two dialects which came to be known as East Midland and West Midland

dialect. Modern English had evolved from the East Midland dialect.