English languages
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| Anglic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
originally Great Britain (England, Lowland Scotland), now worldwide |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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| Proto-language: | Old English |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | angl1265[1] |
The English languages (also called the Anglic languages[2][3] or Insular Germanic languages[4]) are a group of linguistic varieties including Old English and the languages descended from it.[5] These include Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English; Early Scots, Middle Scots, and Modern Scots; and the now extinct Yola and Fingallian in Ireland.
English-based creole languages are not generally included, as only their lexicon, not their linguistic structure, comes from English.
| Proto-Old English | |||||
| Northumbrian | Mercian and Kentish | West Saxon | |||
| Early Northern Middle English |
Early Midland & Southeastern Middle English |
Early Southern & Southwestern Middle English |
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| Early Scots | Northern Middle English |
Midland Middle English |
Southeastern Middle English |
Southern Middle English |
Southwestern Middle English |
| Middle Scots | Northern Early Modern English | Midland Early Modern English | Metropolitan Early Modern English | Southern Early Modern English | Southwestern EME, Yola, Fingallian |
| Modern Scots | Northern Modern English | East West Modern English | Standard Modern English | Southern Modern English | West Country Modern English |
See also
- List of dialects of the English language
- Regional accents of English speakers
- History of the English language
- History of the Scots language
- International English
References
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- ↑ Thomas Burns McArthur, The English Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1998. p.203
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