English Language
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English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to... Wikipedia
Spoken by: Indo people, Indian people, Filipino, and more
Region: South America, Americas, and Eurasia
Dialects: English (United Kingdom), English (United States), English (Australia), and more
Official language in: Philippines, India, England, and more
Writing system: English alphabet, Latin, Latin script, and more
Early forms: Proto-Indo-European: Proto-Germanic > Old English > Middle English > Early Modern English
Language family: Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > North Sea Germanic > Anglo-Frisian > Anglic > English
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