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18 hours ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
- West Germanic Language
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the...
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- Indo-European Language Family
In total, 46% of the world's population (3.2 billion people)...
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- List of English Words of French Origin
The percentage of modern English words derived from each...
- English Language in England
The English language spoken and written in England...
- Early Modern English
Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE, or EMnE)...
- West Germanic Language
2 days ago · Manchu is southern Tungusic. Whilst Northern Tungus languages such as Evenki retain traditional structure, the Chinese language is a source of major influence upon Manchu, altering its form and vocabulary. [12] In 1635 Hong Taiji renamed the Jurchen people and Jurchen language as 'Manchu'.
- 20 native speakers (2007), Thousands of second language speakers
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2 days ago · Burmese is a tonal language, which means phonemic contrasts can be made on the basis of the tone of a vowel. In Burmese, these contrasts involve not only pitch, but also phonation, intensity (loudness), duration, and vowel quality. However, some linguists consider Burmese a pitch-register language like Shanghainese.
- Myanmar (Burma)
1 day ago · And don't forget lemma which is the simplest form or base form of a word before an inflection is added. And finally foundation which means the basics your learning grows from. That just leaves me ...
5 days ago · Thanks for contributing an answer to Chinese Language Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research! But avoid … Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
3 days ago · an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
5 days ago · first language: 1 n one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next Synonyms: maternal language , mother tongue Type of: natural language , tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
