Anglic languages
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| Anglic
Anglian
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| Geographic distribution: |
originally Great Britain, now worldwide |
| Genetic classification: |
Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic |
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Anglic (From Latin Anglicus meaning English, cf.Germanic) is a rarely used term for what are also known as Englishes, in for example World Englishes or New Englishes, and is considered a less anglo-centric cover term than English for any variety descended from Old English. It is often used where the implication is that varieties like Scots are separate languages, rather than dialects of English.
[edit] Anglic languages
From the above arises the concept of Anglic languages (also called Anglian languages), one of the two branches of Anglo-Frisian languages, itself a branch of West Germanic. The Anglic languages include Old English and its descendants. The family tree is:
| Old English | ||||
| Early Northern Middle English | Early Midland and South-Eastern Middle English | Early Southern and South-Western Middle English | ||
| Early Scots | Northern Middle English | Midland and South-Eastern Middle English | Southern and South-Western Middle English | |
| Middle Scots | Metropolitan Early Modern English | |||
| Modern Scots dialects | Modern Northern English dialects | Modern Midland English dialects | Modern Standard English | Modern Southern and South-Western English dialects |
[edit] Other uses
Anglic also refers to the two Anglian dialects of Old English namely Northumbrian and Mercian.
Anglic was also a simplified form of spelling intended to make the language more accessible to an international audience. It was invented in 1930 by the Swedish philologist R. E. Zachrisson.
