Origin of the English language

8. Spanish:

Spanish has always been a famous language for English speakers to learn because of its reach. 30% to 40% of all words in the English language have a related word in Spanish. Spanish is also a Romance language that derives from Latin, as do many English words. It is also one of the simplest languages for English speakers to learn. The game is only of cognates, cognates and cognates! For instance,

- Correcto means «correct»

- Delicioso means «delicious»

- Pizza means «pizza.»

Here is also a question that arises: how many Spanish words are the same as English words? Almost 90% of Spanish cognates have the same meaning in English. This resemblance provides a vocabulary base that transfers over when learning Spanish vocabulary.

9. Portuguese:

Both Portuguese and English are also members of the Indo-European language family. Portuguese belongs to the Romance branch (along with Spanish and Italian). English belongs to the Germanic branch. It also includes German, Dutch, and Norwegian. The similarities between English and Portuguese languages are «genetic.» Because they are distant relatives. They have evolved in the same language area. It is a geographical area of intense linguistic exchange. Over time, the Germanic and Romance languages became more similar. They share a large amount of vocabulary (particularly Latin borrowings). It also includes grammatical constructions. English speakers learning the Portuguese language will also notice that some sentences are similar. They share many words with more inflection (more verb forms and nominal agreement).

10. Italian - One Of The Languages Similar To English:

Is Italian comparable to English? It is a question you may be considering. Latin influenced both languages. Italian is a language that is a direct descendant of Vulgar Latin. Similarly, some words in Modern English were from contemporary Latin-based languages. They were as well as from Latin itself. Surprisingly, there are many vocabulary words in both English and Italian. These words look and sound the same. That is also beneficial. Most of you are familiar with some of the words you learn in Italian. They are identical in English. Words that look the same in one language and another are cognates in the linguistic world. There are many cognates in both English and Italian. The sounds you make when speaking English and Italian are also similar. Both languages use the same alphabet. There are many pronunciation similarities between English and Italian.

Conclusion

English language, Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific island nations, it is also an official language of India, the Philippines, and many sub-Saharan African countries. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world (approximately 1.5 billion speakers), the mother tongue of more than 350 million people, and the most widely taught foreign language. English relies mainly on word order (usually subject-verb-object) to indicate relationships between words (see syntax). Written in the Latin alphabet, it is most closely related to Frisian, German, and Dutch. Its history began with the migration of the Jutes, Angles, and Saxons from Germany and Denmark to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Norman Conquest of 1066 brought many French words into English. Greek and Latin words began to enter it in the 15th century, and Modern English is usually dated from 1500. English easily borrows words from other languages and has coined many new words to reflect advances in technology. English is not the most widely spoken language on the planet. It is the official language of 53 different countries. Almost 400 million people speak it as a first language worldwide. Moreover, it opens up the world to you and allows you to communicate with people from all over the world. It also has many similarities with other languages as well. We can have an edge in learning the English language. We need to understand that we cannot master every language, but knowing the basics can help us. It will allow us to have a consistent approach towards our learning goal.

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