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English originated in Anglo-Saxo
See also [[Language and etymology]]
== English word origin ==
== English word origin ==


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[[Image:Old norse, ca 900.svg|right|250px|thumb|
== The most common words in English==
The approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century:<br>
#the
<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff0000>Old West Norse dialect</span><br>
#be
<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff9933>Old East Norse dialect</span><br>
#to
<span style="color:#fff; background:#ff00ff>Old Gutnish dialect</span><br>
#and
<span style="background:#ffff00>Old English</span><br>
#a
<span style="color:#fff; background:#0000ff>Crimean Gothic</span><br>
#in
<span style="color:#fff; #00ff00>Other Germanic languages with which Old Norse still retained some mutual intelligibility</span>]]
#that
#have
#I
#it
*from: [[wikipedia:Most_common_words_in_English|Most common words in English - Wikipedia]]  


== English vocabulary ==
=== notes & statistics ===
*of the top 20 most common words, 7 are <u>prepositions</u>
*the top 200 words constitute 50-60% of words used commonly used
**see: [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/546759/is-there-a-frequency-of-the-use-of-different-parts-of-speech-in-english Is there a frequency of the use of different parts of speech in English? - Stack Exchange]
 
== English synonymous & part of speech word use ==
*the English language has a huge number of words that have multiple definitions
*other languages may be more explicit with distinct words that English will cover with a single word.
*for example:
== English words & parts of speech distribution ==


* English contains about 600,000 words
* English contains about 600,000 words
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*** [https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/language-most-words Which Language Has The Most Words? (babbel.com)]  
*** [https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/language-most-words Which Language Has The Most Words? (babbel.com)]  
*** [[wikipedia:List_of_dictionaries_by_number_of_words|List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia]]  
*** [[wikipedia:List_of_dictionaries_by_number_of_words|List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia]]  
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=== Parts of Speech frequency as percent of all words ===
=== parts of speech as percentage of all words ===
* in general, English consists of
** Adjectives: 25%
** Nouns: 50%
** Verbs: 7%
*** see: [https://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/oed.html#:~:text=Subtracting%20the%20archaic%20words%20leaves%20us%20with%20about,made%20up%20of%20interjections%2C%20conjunctions%2C%20prepositions%2C%20suffixes%2C%20etc. How Many Words are in the Oxford English Dictionary? * alphaDictionary]


=== parts of speech as percentage of word usage, conversational v. formal/academic: ===
{| class="wikitable"
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|+English Language Percent Frequency of Use of Parts of Speech
|+English Language Percent Frequency of Use of Parts of Speech
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