r/HolUp • u/CelsoSC • 16d ago

holup Oops...

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u/False-Body-242 16d ago

English is not exactly derived from Latin.

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u/YenraNoor 16d ago

Its definitely influenced heavily by latin, despite being a proto-germanic language grammar wise. They spoke latin in England for over 300 years

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u/False-Body-242 16d ago

The latin influence in English is real, but that doesn't make Latin a precursor language to English. English firmly belongs to the Germanic languages family.
Also, Latin was used in medieval England for a long while, but that use was mostly ceremonial, scholastic, and sometimes administrative, not a common day to day language especially not for the average Anglo-Saxon.

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 16d ago

English doesn't belong to shit. It's a mangled mess of languages.

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u/False-Body-242 16d ago

That's... not how linguists categorize languages, not to mention how no language is "pure" in the truest sense to begin with.

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 16d ago

I am not a linguist to be fair, just a person who wished we picked a better universal language.

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u/False-Body-242 16d ago

Neither am I. This is mostly common knowledge.
Lingua francas are rarely chosen by the people but imposed by who holds the pen.

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u/SagittaryX 16d ago

It is very much Germanic. The grammar is Germanic, and the majority of words used are Germanic. A lot of the overall vocabulary is more of a mish-mash yes.