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The '''English 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&ndash;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.
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&ndash;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.


[[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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English
Geographic
distribution
originally Great Britain (England, Lowland Scotland), now worldwide
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes

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

  1. ^ J. Derrick McClure Scots its range of Uses in A. J. Aitken, Tom McArthur, Languages of Scotland, W. and R. Chambers, 1979. p.27
  2. ^ Thomas Burns McArthur, The English Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1998. p.203
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Indo-European, Germanic, West, English". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2010-09-10.

See also