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Old English is no longer spoken, so yes, it is a dead language. It merged with the Old French that the Normans brought to form Middle English, which in turn developed in to Modern English. Old English became extinct for the most part around the 13th century.
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What words end with the suffix -old?
'-old' is not an English language suffix.But -oid is an English language suffix, and means 'resembling', such as rhomboid, which means resembling a rhombus.
From what language did Old English borrow merci?
Old French. But THEY borrowed it from Latin. From Greek to Latin to French to English
What is the language of origin for the word writ?
Anglo-Saxon (Old English).
Is the name bradley in any other languages accept for English?
not in any other language accept English and old English
English language parents gives us words with a connotation of warmth and hospitality?
Check out this YouTube blog for English words & phrases @victoriaenglishace1008
Is English a dead language?
By no means is the English language dead. It must be a very hardy language, as I hear people mangle it on a daily basis. Granted, I speak American English, but it's English all the same.
Why we consider sanskrit language is a dead language?
It is now an old language
What language is a mix of different languages?
Most languages are mixtures of old and dead languages. The most diverse today is Spanish and English.
What language does English come from?
The English language has its roots in Anglo-Saxon, old French, old German and Latin.
Old English was the language of the what?
Latin
What language is of from?
of comes from Old English
How old is the English language?
The English language is about 1500-2000 years old. Modern English is somewhere between 300 and 400 years old--Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English.
Why English is language?
The English language is a descendant of the original language Old English. Through trade and war, mostly, English was spread quickly though out England and beyond.
Old English was the language of the?
Anglo-Saxons
Did the old English language stop in 1066?
no
How does a language go extinct?
Extinct is an unusual term to use in reference to a language, The customary term is "dead" which means a language which is no longer spoken as an everyday language by a given population. Sumerian is a dead language. Latin is an odd case since it is not spoken by a civic population but it is spoken by religious groups and was for centuries the language of academic discourse. There is also the progression of languages. Old English is dead since it is so far removed from modern English as to be completely unintelligible by anyone other than scholars of Old English. Irish and Scots Gaelic was/were close to disappearing because the English outlawed them. But both were spoken when the English weren't around and both have made a comeback in recent decades, especially Irish. Studies at St. Anne's College in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, are given in Gaelic and tuition is free for native speakers.
When did pear enter the English language?
Pear grew up in the English language. It is the modern form of the Old English word peru.
