What's the furthest year I could travel back in time to and still be able to efficiently communicate with people?

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I know they used a form of middle English in a lot of medieval times, but is it enough like modern English to a degree of understanding what they're saying?

NekoQT

Great question.

But please check the wiki, heres a link for a question very similiar to this.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/language#wiki_how_far_back_could_i_go_and_still_communicate.3F