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What language family did English develop from?

English developed from the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.


Is it true that Scientists have traced the English language to the parent language IndoEuropean?

Yes, linguists have traced the English language back to its roots in the Proto-Indo-European language, which is believed to have been spoken around 4500 BC. English is part of the Indo-European language family, which also includes languages like Spanish, French, and Hindi.


There are only about 10 major language branches throughout the world.?

There are actually thousands of languages spoken throughout the world, which can be grouped into around 140 language families. These language families can then be further categorized into larger groups known as language branches. For example, the Indo-European language family includes branches such as Germanic, Romance, and Slavic.


Name the major branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family?

The major branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family include Semitic, Cushitic, Berber, Chadic, Omotic, and Ancient Egyptian. Each of these branches contains several languages spoken primarily in North Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as the Middle East.


What are the four largest language branches in the Indo-European family?

The four largest language branches in the Indo-European family of languages are Indo-Iranian (which includes Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Persian, Kurdish, and many others), Germanic (which includes German, English, the various Scandinavian languages, Dutch and others), Latin (which includes the Romance languages such as French, Spanish and Rumanian) and Balto-Slavic (including Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian and others).

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What is the second-largest language family?

The Italic family, which includes Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Ladino, Romansch, and several others.


From which family did the English language develop?

English is a Germanic language.


What language family did English develop from?

English developed from the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.


What are the 8 branches of the Indo-European language family?

Indo-European has 9 living branches and 3 extinct branches. The living branches are: Albanian Armenian Baltic Celtic Germanic Greek Indo-Iranian Italic Slavic


Is the English language a bastard language?

If you mean bastard, as in fatherless; then no... it is in the family language of the germanic - indoeuropean - japhetic trace of languages from the tower of babel. But it is becoming a "bastard" language in the sense that surely a great number of more than half of the people who speak it speak it as a second language, mainly pressured by business, colonization and cultural pressure.


Is it true that Scientists have traced the English language to the parent language IndoEuropean?

Yes, linguists have traced the English language back to its roots in the Proto-Indo-European language, which is believed to have been spoken around 4500 BC. English is part of the Indo-European language family, which also includes languages like Spanish, French, and Hindi.


There are only about 10 major language branches throughout the world.?

There are actually thousands of languages spoken throughout the world, which can be grouped into around 140 language families. These language families can then be further categorized into larger groups known as language branches. For example, the Indo-European language family includes branches such as Germanic, Romance, and Slavic.


Name the major branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family?

The major branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family include Semitic, Cushitic, Berber, Chadic, Omotic, and Ancient Egyptian. Each of these branches contains several languages spoken primarily in North Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as the Middle East.


What are intuits?

the language of the Inuit, one of the three branches of the Eskimo-Aleut language family, with about 60,000 speakers. It is also known as Inupiaq or (especially to its speakers) as Inuktitut


What are the four largest language branches in the Indo-European family?

The four largest language branches in the Indo-European family of languages are Indo-Iranian (which includes Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Persian, Kurdish, and many others), Germanic (which includes German, English, the various Scandinavian languages, Dutch and others), Latin (which includes the Romance languages such as French, Spanish and Rumanian) and Balto-Slavic (including Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian and others).


What kind of language is Celtic?

"Celtic" is actually a language family divided into two branches, 1) the Goidelic languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, and Manx (Isle of Man) and 2) the Brythonic languages: Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.


What is the Native American word for Blood?

Please rephrase your question, Native American covers almost 600 Indian Nations -- there is no one language designated "Native American! What follows are 23 language families into which the languages of North America are divided: 1) Algic Amerindian Language Family 2) Arawakan Amerindian Language Family 3) Athapaskan Amerindian Language Family 4) Caddoan Amerindian Language Family 5) Cariban Amerindian Language Family 6) Chibchan Amerindian Language Family 7) Eskimo-Aleut Language Family 8) Hokan Amerindian Language Family 9) Iroquoian Amerindian Language Family 10) Kiowa-Tanoan Amerindian Language Family 11) Macro-Ge Amerindian Language Family 12) Mayan Amerindian Language Family 13) Muskogean Amerindian Language Family 14) Oto-Manguean Amerindian Language Family 15) Panoan Amerindian Language Family 16) Penutian Amerindian Language Family 17) Salishan Amerindian Language Family 18) Siouan Amerindian Language Family 19) Tucanoan Amerindian Language Family 20) Tupi-Guarani Language Family 21) Uto-Aztecan Amerindian Language Family 22) Wakashan Amerindian Language Family 23) Other Native North American Languages Atakapa, Cayuse, Chitimacha, Keres, Kootenay, Natchez, Timucua, Tonkawa, Tunica, Yuchi, Zuni So define what language language you want blood in.