| Anglic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
originally Great Britain (England, Lowland Scotland), now worldwide |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European |
| Subdivisions: | |
The English languages (also called the Anglic languages[1][2] or Insular Germanic languages[3]) are a group of linguistic varieties including Old English and the languages descended from it.[4] These include Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English; Early Scots, Middle Scots, and Modern Scots; and the now extinct Yola and Fingalian in Ireland.
English-based creole languages are not generally included, as only their lexicon, not their linguistic structure, comes from English.
| Old English (Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, West Saxon) | |||||
| Early Northern Middle English |
Early Midland & Southeastern Middle English |
Early Southern & Southwestern Middle English |
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| Early Scots | Northern Middle English |
Midland Middle English |
Southeastern Middle English |
Southern Middle English |
Southwestern Middle English |
| Middle Scots | Northern Early Modern English | Midland Early Modern English | Metropolitan Early Modern English | Southern Early Modern English | Southwestern EME, Yola, Fingalian |
| Modern Scots | Northern Modern English | Midland Modern English | Standard Modern English | Southern Modern English | West Country Modern English |
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