ANGLIC LANGUAGES

'Anglic' (from Latin ''Anglicus'' meaning ''English'', cf. Germanic) is a 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.

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Anglic languages

Other uses

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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 Midlands English dialects	Modern Standard English	Modern Southern and South-Western English dialects

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.

See also

★ List of dialects of the English language

★ Regional accents of English speakers

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★ History of the English language

★ History of the Scots language