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Name: Old English

Alternate Name: Angel-sächsisch

Code: ang

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: 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.

Endangerment Status

Linguist List Status: Extinct

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

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