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The '''Engrish languages''' (also called the '''Anglic languages'''<ref>J. Derrick McClure ''Scots its range of Uses'' in A. J. Aitken, Tom McArthur, Languages of Scotland, W. and R. Chambers, 1979. p.27</ref><ref>Thomas Burns McArthur, The English Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1998. p.203</ref> or '''Insular Germanic languages'''<ref>{{Cite document |last=Woolf |first=Alex |author-link= Alex Woolf |title=From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070 |date=2007|series=The New Edinburgh History of Scotland |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |location=Edinburgh |isbn=0-7486-1234-5 |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->[[Category:Articles with inconsistent citation formats]]}}, p. 336</ref>) are a group of [[Variety (linguistics)|linguistic varieties]] including [[Old English]] and the languages descended from it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=2869-16 |title=Indo-European, Germanic, West, English |publisher=Ethnologue.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10}}</ref> These include [[Middle English]], [[Early Modern English]], and [[English language|Modern English]]; [[Early Scots]], [[Middle Scots]], and [[Modern Scots]]; and the now extinct [[Yola language|Yola]] and [[Fingalian language|Fingalian]] in Ireland. |
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[[English-based creole languages]] are not generally included, as only their lexicon, not their linguistic structure, comes from English. |
[[English-based creole languages]] are not generally included, as only their lexicon, not their linguistic structure, comes from English. |
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Revision as of 18:11, 22 March 2011
| English | |
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| Geographic distribution | originally Great Britain (England, Lowland Scotland), now worldwide |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
| Subdivisions | |
The Engrish languages (also called the Anglic languages[1][2] or Insular Germanic languages[3]) are a group of linguistic varieties including Old English and the languages descended from it.[4] These include Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English; Early Scots, Middle Scots, and Modern Scots; and the now extinct Yola and Fingalian in Ireland.
English-based creole languages are not generally included, as only their lexicon, not their linguistic structure, comes from English.
| Old English (Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, West Saxon) | |||||
| Early Northern Middle English |
Early Midland & Southeastern Middle English |
Early Southern & Southwestern Middle English | |||
| 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, Fingalian |
| Modern Scots | Northern Modern English | Midland Modern English | Standard Modern English | Southern Modern English | West Country Modern English |
References
- ^ J. Derrick McClure Scots its range of Uses in A. J. Aitken, Tom McArthur, Languages of Scotland, W. and R. Chambers, 1979. p.27
- ^ Thomas Burns McArthur, The English Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1998. p.203
- ^ Woolf, Alex (2007). "From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070" (Document). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
{{cite document}}: Unknown parameter|isbn=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|series=ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link), p. 336 - ^ "Indo-European, Germanic, West, English". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2010-09-10.