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Linguists classify English as a West Germanic language. The other languages in the West Germanic group are: German, Dutch and Frisian. Historically, many of the fundamental features of English are derived from Anglo-Saxon. Obviously, there is a lot of Latin vocabulary in English, much of which entered the language via French. However, what is decisive is the morphology (forms), not the vocabulary.
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∙ 12y agoEnglish is a (West) Germanic language, and the Germanic languages are derived from Indo-European.
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Most European languages are said to be derived from Indo-Aryan, of which Sanskrit is the closest Survivor. The indigenous language in Britain was once Celtic, but invasions by Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, pushed the Celtic/Gaelic tribes into the fringes - Wales, Cornwall and Scotland.
English is primarily a form of low-German, but it adopted a number of French words after the 1066 invasion. In Holland, on the island of Terschelling and in the northern province of Friesland, a version of low-German is spoken which is the closest living language to early English. Latin and Ancient Greek terms have been introduced, mainly by the scientific and cultural community. It is thought that the Roman invasion of 55BC had little influence on the language.
The fact that the world's only superpower, the USA, mainly speaks English has propelled the language into prominence as the international language of choice. In doing so, English has displaced French, which was dominant in the 19th century.
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Which two language group provide the origins of most English words?
Latin and German
What does UVF stand for in English?
UVF stands for Ulster Volunteer Force in English language. It is a loyalist paramilitary group and is in Nothern Ireland. It was started in 1912, but was organised into UVF in 1913.
Is this sentence gramatically correct She has a good command of the English language. or When speaking in English she has a good command over her troops.?
I do not think that the sentence is grammatically correct. The sentence seems ambiguous to me. Is the statement suggesting that "she has good command" of a group of people or animals? Or, is the statement suppose to imply that "she has command" of the English language?
What are the four level of pitch in English?
1. Highest level, for emphasis primary word. 2. Most common level of primary word's stressed syllable. 3. Neutral level, used to start a thought group 4. Lowest level, often the last pitch of a thought group.
Who made the English language?
The English language was not created at any one time or by any one person or group of people. It evolved over the centuries from the language of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes (who invaded Roman Britain from Western Germany around 450 AD.), which absorbed some Scandinavian during the period of Danish settlement and then combined with the Norman French that was spoken by the ruling classes after the Norman conquest of England to form an early version of the English language.
English is from which European language group?
English is derived from Latin
Is the Scandinavian language Latin based?
No, danish comes from the same group of languages as English do: the germanic languages (and they come from the Indo-European languages). While English is a germanic language, danish is also a part of the northern languages (the languages in Scandinavia).
What language are they?
"They" is part of the English language. It is a pronoun, meaning a group or collection.
What are examples of language groups?
An example of a language group is the West Germanic language group which contains the English, German, Dutch, and Frisian languages in its branch.
What is a geyster?
Geyster is a musical group. Otherwise, it is not in the English language.
The primary language family found in most of Mexico the U.S. and Southern Canada is?
The primary language family of those three countries is a the broad group called Indo-European.
Are English and Punjabi in the same language family?
No, they are not. English is a Germanic language, whereas Punjabi is from the Indo-European language family. A language family is a group of languages which were all derived from a common ancestral language.
Is germanic a lanuguage?
Germanic used to be a language known as ancient German. Now it is used to group all peoples with culture or language of Germanic origin.
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What is the meaning of lauwk?
"Lauwk" is a meaningless group of letters that is not a word in the English language.
What group of languages in the united kingdom come from?
English, the language spoken in the UK, is in the Indo-European group of languages,
What is the origin of the term ebonics?
The term was created in 1973 by a group of black scholars, a blend of the words 'ebony' black and 'phonetics' sound. There was a dislike of the term Non Standard Negro English coined in the 1960's when large scale linguistic studies of the Afro American speech communities began. The term did not catch on amongst linguists, not the general public. However in 1996, the Oakland School Board recognised it as a primary language of its Afro/American students, but only in teaching them standard Academic or the English language
