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Neither English nor French is older than the other since the natives of the language did speak the language.

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What is a fact about the French language?

The French language is the language of love.The French language is much harder than Spanish.The French language is much prettier than Spanish.The French language is much more fun than Spanish.Answer:The previous answer is opinion, not fact.One fact is that French is a romance language, which means it is descended from Latin.


Is English the first spoken language?

Not at all, there are far older languages than English. English as we know it came into being only after the Norman conquest of 1066, at which time the previous Anglo-Saxon language acquired a strong French influence. Many other languages had already existed for thousands of years before English first appeared. Sanskrit is tremendously older, as is Hebrew, and several others.


Which is older English or German?

The German language is older than English. The English language is developed from Latin, Greek, Italian, German, French, Spanish and many more. The English language is relatively new compared to other languages. The reason for this is because we were invaded by lots of people over the centuries, and all languages are at least loosely linked, (the Asian languages are linked together, but not linked to European languages), so while England may not have been invaded by some countries, it still has elements of their language in English.


Is the English language older than the Spanish language?

That depends, if you mean the English and spanish languages as we know today the spanish is older. But i think the old English language appears before the old castilian (spanish). yeah, and like, in English you say: ''apartament'' and in spanish is: ''apartamento'' music- musica terrible- same in spanish (terrible) pant- pantalón sternocleidomastoid- esternocleidomastoideo almost like a 37.6% of English word are DESCENT from spanish or latin (English language took a LOT of words from spanish language)


English is the most important language in the world?

English is the most important language in the world mainly because it is used in business. For a while, more people spoke Chinese than English, however, the value of business done in English was far greater than the economy of China making English far more important. French is the de jure language of the European Union. English is the de facto language. English is the de facto language of world wide business.

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Are French castles older than English castles?

Some are and some are not


What is a fact about the French language?

The French language is the language of love.The French language is much harder than Spanish.The French language is much prettier than Spanish.The French language is much more fun than Spanish.Answer:The previous answer is opinion, not fact.One fact is that French is a romance language, which means it is descended from Latin.


Is the dutch language older or younger then the english language?

The Dutch language is younger than the English language. However we must not forget that the English language we know nowadays is not comparable to the old, ancient English those days. This is the same as with Dutch. Early modern English language began its rise after the eleventh century (French, Norwegian influences). Early Dutch, experts have recognized in the Middle Ages around the 14th century.


In Canada which territory has a dominant language other than English?

Quebec, the dominent language is French.


Why is french the first language on your passport?

because it is such a popular language, other than English and American


How old is Irish?

If you mean the Irish language, it is 500 years older than English.


Is English the first spoken language?

Not at all, there are far older languages than English. English as we know it came into being only after the Norman conquest of 1066, at which time the previous Anglo-Saxon language acquired a strong French influence. Many other languages had already existed for thousands of years before English first appeared. Sanskrit is tremendously older, as is Hebrew, and several others.


Which is older English or German?

The German language is older than English. The English language is developed from Latin, Greek, Italian, German, French, Spanish and many more. The English language is relatively new compared to other languages. The reason for this is because we were invaded by lots of people over the centuries, and all languages are at least loosely linked, (the Asian languages are linked together, but not linked to European languages), so while England may not have been invaded by some countries, it still has elements of their language in English.


Why were the English kings more powerful than the French kings in the middle ages?

Ther French kings are more powerful becaue in 1066, the prince France invaded Britain and that the language of britain demolished.. The english language now is a language of French socialites.


What is the mix of french spanish English and creole language called?

There is no special term for this, other than a creolized language.


When was A Language Older Than Words created?

A Language Older Than Words was created in 2000.


Why people in Paris do not wish to speak English?

Lots of people will speak English to you in Paris with no problem. Paris is in France, so French is the local language and just like you would prefer to speak your language where you live instead of a foreign language, the French people would of course have a preference for speaking French, rather than English or any other language.