ESSAY ON: Development of the English Language

Number of Pages 5

This research paper: 5 pages in length. The English language is spoken by nearly four hundred fifty six million people worldwide, yet the five hundred thousand words that make up the language are all borrowed or adapted from myriad other languages. Contributors include Native American, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Scandinavian and Spanish. English reflects a number of dialects throughout that have, over time, developed into mini languages of their own. As well, their modern day structures have greatly changed from their original form, having grown by many thousands of words, and their various forms of pronunciation and spelling having been greatly altered since their inception many centuries ago. Bibliography lists 6 sources.


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