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Name:
Old English
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Angel-sächsisch; Anglo-Saxon
Code:
ang
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
North Sea Germanic; Ingvaeonic (nsge)
Child Dialect Group:
Anglian (ang-ang)
Child Dialects:
Kentish (ang-ken)
West Saxon (ang-wsa)
Brief Description:
A language of Great Britain. The ancestor of Modern English. 7th - 11th centuries AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct with children
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct with children
Map of Old English
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