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3 days ago · The earliest varieties of an English language, collectively known as Old English or "Anglo-Saxon", evolved from a group of North Sea Germanic dialects brought to Britain in the 5th century.
- 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 [1] or...
- West Germanic Language
2 days ago · Between around 1530 and 1650 a witch-hunt frenzy gripped the European continent. In England, some 500 people – the vast majority of them women – were sentenced to death for the alleged crime ...
1 day ago · The search for the origin of language has a long history in mythology. Most mythologies do not credit humans with the invention of language but speak of a divine language predating human language.
2 days ago · This table describes the main historical developments of English vowels in the last 1000 years, beginning with late Old English and focusing on the Middle English and Modern English changes leading to the current forms.
5 days ago · Isn't JP II known as the anti-Marxist? On this week's episode, Fr. Patrick reads from JP II's encyclical, "Laborem Exercens", to detail what the late saint and pope truly believes of man, the ...
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2 days ago · Volapük and its literatures. Volapük literally means ‘world language’, from vol = ‘world’ and pük = ‘language’.Its inventor, Schleyer, was a Catholic pastor in the small German parish of Litzelstetten near Konstanz in the Southwest of Germany, an occupation that left him ample time for pursuing his two great passions: poetry and the study of languages.
1 day ago · American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States; the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce; and an official language of most U.S. states (32 out of 50). [5]
