English Language History

English is a language that started in Anglo-Saxon England. It is originally from Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects. English is now used as a global...

native or "mother" language, and they want to learn English as well. The teaching of English as a second language has a long history. For example, the...

Germanic languages. London: Routledge. Crystal, David (2006). "Chapter 9: English worldwide". In Denison, David; Hogg, Richard M. (eds.). A History of the...

unbroken history of being a written language for over 3,000 years. Thats is longer than any other Indo-European language spoken today. Its history is often...

in history, Spanish was the most common "mother tongue" language of the western world, more than English. It was also the second most common language on...

one official language is used so people can understand each other. The Standard Chinese language is referred to as Mandarin in English, "Pǔtōnghuà" or...

versions of programs originally seen on the main, English-language, History channel. Media related to History en Español at Wiki Commons Official Site...

sentences : Many French words are like English words, because English took many words from the Norman language, a dialect of French influenced by Old...

Indo-European languages. Many other languages have borrowed words from Arabic because of its importance in history. Some English words that can be traced to Arabic...

specified their first language as English in South Africa's 2011 Census was 1,603,575. The total white population with a first language specified was 4,461...

Modern English (ME) or New English (NE) is the type of English language spoken since the end of the 17th century after the Great Vowel Shift had completed...

other parts of the world. The Portuguese language is the third-most spoken western language (after English and Spanish). There are about 240 million...

West Germanic language. It is sometimes called Lowland Scots or Lallans. It is not Scottish English but the two are similar. Scottish English is a dialect...

OCLC 799876773. "Slovene language". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-09. "Freising Manuscripts | Slovenian history". Encyclopedia Britannica...

English in the Commonwealth of Nations or Commonwealth English refers to the various forms of the English language spoken and written within the countries...

Germanic languages, the Weser-Rhine Germanic languages, and the Elbe Germanic languages. The most spoken languages in the branch are English, German,...

The Turkic languages are a language family of some thirty languages. They are spoken by Turkic peoples across an area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean...

other languages, the Navajo language has a lot of sounds, including many that are not found in the English language. Navajo is also a tonal language, like...

the free encyclopedia The English Wikibooks has more information on: Norwegian The Norwegian language is the official language of Norway. It is spoken by...

Pakistani English is the type of the English Language as it is spoken in Pakistan. It is recognised as one of the official languages of the country. Although...