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cake-rusk
2mo ago
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English is a "romance" language then.
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anthk
2mo ago
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English it's a hugely romance-influenced Germanic language.
iamflimflam1
2mo ago
I thoroughly recommend this podcast if you are interested in where the English language comes from:
https://historyofenglishpodcast.com
world2vec
2mo ago
English is a mix and merge of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon.
mghackerlady
2mo ago
english is (latin greek french anglic arabic) in a trench coat
ahartmetz
2mo ago
The core is just proto-Germanic + Latin via French. A bunch of foreign words don't really count.
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hk__2
2mo ago
Arabic?
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