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The history of the English language.
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ 7 9 ■ 6 ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 f. bjbj╧2╧2 (: нX нX ╕# н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ 8 < H ┴ v p p p p p p p p @ B B B B B B $ 7 R Й ╨ f Ъ p p p p p f Ъ Ъ p p { p Ъ p Ъ p @ p @ Ъ Ъ p d Р├НcEУ╟ p X @ С 0 ┴ Y ╚ F Y о 4 т " Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Y Ъ p p p p p p p f f The history of the English language 1.Indo-European and Germanic influences English belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. The influence of the original Indo-European language can be seen today, even though no written record of it exists. For example, the word for father is Vater in German, pater in Latin and pitr in Sanskrit. These words are all cognates, similar words in different languages that share the same roots. English is part of the Germanic group of languages. About 3000 years ago this group began as a common language. Tribes who invaded from the east, from what is Germany now, spoke different dialects of the `Germanic' language, from which modern German developed. Because of this English and German are often similar. During the second century BC this Common Germanic language split into three distinct sub-groups: East Germanic, which was spoken by peoples who...
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