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English language
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Definition:
The primary language of several countries (including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and a second language in a number of multilingual countries (including India, Singapore, and the Philippines). See Observations, below.
English is conventionally divided into three historical periods: Old English, Middle English, and Modern English.
Varieties of English:
African American Vernacular English, American, Australian, Babu, Banglish, British, Canadian, Caribbean, Chicano, Chinese, Euro-English, Hinglish, Indian, Irish, Japanese, New Zealand, Nigerian, Nonstandard English, Pakistani, Philippine, Scottish, Singapore, South African, Spanglish, Standard American, Standard British, Standard English, Taglish, Welsh, Zimbabwean
also:
- American Spelling and British Spelling
- Basic English
- Broken English
- Controlled English
- Earliest English Dictionaries
- English As an Additional Language
- English As a Foreign Language
- English As a Native Language
- English As a Second Language
- English Language Timeline
- English-Only Movement
- Global English
- Globish
- History of the English Language: A Mini-Anthology
- Inner Circle, Outer Circle, Expanding Circle
- Key Events in the History of the English Language
- Linguistic Complaint
- New Englishes
- Notes on English as a Global Language
- Plain English
- Present-Day English (PDE)
- A Quick Quiz on the History of the English Language
- A Quirky Quiz on the English Language
- Spoken English
- Webster's Dictionaries
- What Is Standard English?
- Why Study English?
- World English
- Written English
Etymology:
"English" is derived from "Anglisc", the speech of the "Angles" (one of the three Germanic tribes that invaded England during the fifth century).
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Erstellt: 2014-12