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== English word origin == | == English word origin == | ||
==== Angles / Anglo-Saxon ==== | |||
* from the Angles, a Germanic peoples who migrated to the British Islands in the 400s-600s AD. | * from the Angles, a Germanic peoples who migrated to the British Islands in the 400s-600s AD. | ||
** part of the Anglo-Saxon invasions | ** part of the Anglo-Saxon invasions | ||
* English is one of the "Anglo-Frisian" languages | * English is one of the "Anglo-Frisian" languages | ||
==== Language origins of Modern English ==== | |||
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|+Origins of Modern English | |||
!Germanic | |||
!Old French | |||
!Latin | |||
!Greek | |||
!Other | |||
!Proper Names | |||
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|29% | |||
|29% | |||
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[[Image:Old norse, ca 900.svg|right|250px|thumb| | [[Image:Old norse, ca 900.svg|right|250px|thumb| | ||
The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century:<br> | The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century:<br> | ||
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* English contains 170,000 to 220,000 words (when obsolete words are counted) | * English contains 170,000 to 220,000 words (when obsolete words are counted) | ||
** when technical terms, mostly from Latin and Greek, are counted, there are about 1 million words | ** when technical terms, mostly from Latin and Greek, are counted, there are about 1 million words | ||
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!Adjectives | !Adjectives | ||
!Adverbs | !Adverbs | ||
!Conjunctions | |||
!Determiners | |||
!Nouns | !Nouns | ||
!Prepositions | !Prepositions | ||
!Pronouns | |||
!Verbs | !Verbs | ||
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[[Category:Language Arts]] | [[Category:Language Arts]] | ||
[[Category:Linguistics]] | [[Category:Linguistics]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||