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	English language - Gurupedia
		English is descended from the language spoken by the Germanic tribes, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes (Vikings), that began populating the British Isles around 500 AD.
		English belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
		List of English words of Hindi origin, List of English words of Urdu origin)
	www.gurupedia.com /e/en/english_language.htm (2597 words)

	English language : QuicklyFind Info
		English is the first language in Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
		English is also one of the primary languages of Belize (with Spanish), Canada (with French), Cameroon (with French and African languages), Dominica, St.
		English is also the language most often studied as a foreign language in Europe (32.6%) and Japan, followed by French, German and Spanish.
	www.quicklyfind.com /info/English_language.htm (2819 words)

	List of English words of Turkic origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Galiongee: from Turkish kalyonçi, kalyoncu, "a Turkish sailor", from kalyon, Italian galeone + çi or cu, the Turkish suffix.
		Seljuk: from Turkish Selçuk, "eponymous ancestor of the dynasties".
		Turki: from Persian turki, from Turk, "Turk", from Turkish Türk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Turkish_origin (3503 words)

	English
		English is descended from the language spoken in the English Isles by the Germanic tribes, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who came to the British Isles around 450 AD and drove the original Celtic-speaking inhabitants to areas that are
		English is now the most widely studied second language in the world because a working knowledge of English is required in many fields and occupations as well as for international communication.
		English spread from Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries to North America, the Caribbean, and northern Ireland; and in the 18th and 19th centuries to South Asia and Africa.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/december/English.html (1303 words)

	History of English
		The English language is spoken by 750 million people in the world as either the official language of a nation, a second language, or in a mixture with other languages (such as pidgins and creoles.) English is the official language in England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; however, the United States has no official language.
		English is classified genetically as a Low West Germanic language of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Indian English is characterized by treating mass nouns as count nouns, frequent use of the "isn't it?" tag, use of more compounds, and a different use of prepositions.
	www.ielanguages.com /enghist.html (3840 words)

	Introduction & Abbreviations
		The same word usually exists in English in many forms -- cross, for example, is a noun, a verb (both transitive and intransitive), an adjective, and an adverb -- and I haven't broken down the history of each form.
		Words are generally listed in the form in which they are first attested in English.
		O.E.D. "Oxford English Dictionary," the principal source for modern English etymologies, begun in 1879 (as the "New English Dictionary"); a second edition was published in the 1980s and the work is ongoing.
	www.etymonline.com /abbr.php (3129 words)

	Al Shindagah
		Another reason for the proliferation of Arabic words in Europe were the eight crusades between the end of the 11th century and the latter part of the 13th century when the Europeans came into close contact with the Arabs and their language.
		The French word truchment or Drogman (dragoman) is taken from the Italian Drogmanno which in turn was taken from the Greek dragumanus which was possibly taken from the Arabic turjuman.
		The German word Erde (earth) is in Arabic ardh or erdh, but it is difficult to say the origin of this word which may nearly be as old as the Earth itself.
	www.alshindagah.com /july98/morethanwords.htm (1070 words)

	English Language Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		English, even bad, is the standard language of scientific publications, aviation, tourism, finance, and diplomacy.
		I advise the learner to review lists of common verbs to save time, because they are especially tricky to look in the dictionary.
		This comes from the French/German origin, and means that you often have at least two words with almost exactly the same meaning.
	how-to-learn-any-language.com /e/languages/english.html (877 words)

	Learning Turkish !
		Here we have a list of Turkish words that can be used to begin a basic conversation.
		We mention as an example the word "elegance" that is translated as "elegancia" in Portuguese, "eleganza" in Italian, "elegant" in French and "zarif" in Turkish.
		The words in latin root language are similar and in Turkish it is completely different.
	www.business-with-turkey.com /tourist-guide/learning_turkish.shtml (551 words)

	dsng.net - the daryl sng blog: English words that are borrowed from Malay
		The obvious ones are words for things that are indigenous to the region - plants (durian, rambutan, bamboo, sago, camphor), animals (orang-utan, pangolin, cassowary), and cloth (gingham, sarong).
		The Bahasa Melayu word for "lizard" is cicak.
		The original English pronunciation (te{lm}), sometimes indicated by spelling tay, is found in rimes down to 1762, and remains in many dialects; but the current (ti{lm}) is found already in the 17th c., shown in rimes and by the spelling tee.]
	www.dsng.net /2005/02/english-words-that-are-borrowed-from.html (2558 words)

	Amazon.com: The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases: Books: Jennifer Speake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The twentieth century opened English to words on a worldwide basis, many of which reflect an increasingly eclectic lifestyle, having to do with fashion, cuisine, and recreation.
		This dictionary "records the influx of words from a variety of other languages into both American and British English." Words that have been introduced in the twentieth century are emphasized.
		A useful appendix lists entries by country of origin and century of introduction, providing a quick grasp of the magnitude of these imports and a good overview of terms and their origins.
	www.amazon.com /Oxford-Dictionary-Foreign-Words-Phrases/dp/0198602367 (1603 words)

	List of English words of Russian origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of them co-exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they entered English from Russian or, say, from Polish, most notable of these being vodka.
		the word came into English from the Russian word, biritch, which it its turn originates from a Turkic word for "bugler" (in modern Turkish: borucu, borazancı).
		Lists of English words of foreign origin
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Russian_origin (393 words)

	The Origins of the English Language and Origin of European Languages.
		The Origins of the English Language and Origin of European Languages.
		It was thought the language was spread either by rampaging Kurgan horsemen who swept down into Europe and the Near East from the steppes of Russia 6000 years ago, or by farmers from Anatolia (modern Turkey) who had tilled their way westwards several millenniums earlier.
		But Professor Gray said he thought it was a valid technique that had clearly shown the origins of the English language went back further than had been thought, excluding the Kurgan horsemen theory.
	www.edu-cyberpg.com /Linguistics/english.html (865 words)

	Spanish Turkish translation
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		origin List of English words of Swedish origin...
		English words of Tamil origin List of English words of
	www.translatorscafe.com /translations/Spanish/Turkish (1949 words)

	sci.lang.japan FAQ: entire FAQ as one file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		although the pronunciation of the word is unrelated to the pronunciation of the kanji.
		It originated in the pronunciation of the XXX region of China.
		The word paaren is said to be an abbreviation of the German word for parentheses, although modern German uses the word "Klammer" for this symbol.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~jwb/afaq/afaq-full.html (8625 words)

	Introduction to Wazifa Practices
		The Arabic word wazîfa literally means assignment, duty or daily ration and is commonly used to describe a Sufi practice of focusing the attention, by means of recitation or meditation, on a particular Divine Quality in order to allow that quality to be expressed more openly and more powerfully in one's day-to-day life.
		There are, however, a variety of different lists of 99 Beautiful Names, each of which has been handed down as a matter of tradition.
		The key to these practices is not found in the origin of the list, but rather in the devotion, sincerity and perseverance with which the seeker pursues the practices and approaches the threshold of discovery....
	wahiduddin.net /words/99_pages/wazifa_practice.htm (1974 words)

	Online Dictionary, Language Guide, Foreign Language and Etymology - AllWords.com
		Exactly the same it is also with the search for the origin of words.
		Their dictionary includes every day words like the and day, that told what they used to be before we got them.
		The search option allows you to view the words and phrases that are available for each letter of the alphabet.
	www.allwords.com /Etymology.php (541 words)

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		In the example I cited of the English -(e)s affixes becoming -(e)z, the unaccented vowel in words like kisses was in danger of assimilating to the flanking voiceless sounds, thus becoming completely inaudible (kissss), and this result was blocked by dissimilating voicelessness in the final s.
		I am interested in the classic "four-letter words" and their thematic relatives, as well as any other words that "shouldn't be used in polite company", such as ethnic or religious slurs.
		These differences are amenable to the interpretation that a word or words in one such sentence are reduced to zero in the next sentence in the series.
	www.umich.edu /~archive/linguistics/linguist.list/volume.3/no.551-600 (14864 words)

	English Words from Arabic
		As with the list of Amerindian words, this list isn't exhaustive-- the OED has over 900 words; but the others are obscure (words like enam, sulham, zibib).
		After a second hyphen I give (if possible) the further derivation (Greek, Persian, etc.), or the verbal root (glossed as an infinitive; but the citation form of Arabic roots is actually the 3sg past).
		Some words are borrowed directly from Arabic; but most of these words have taken the scenic route, through Spanish, Italian, and/or French; or through Turkish, Persian, or Urdu; or through Hebrew or Latin.
	www.zompist.com /arabic.html (808 words)

	AskOxford: Some of the New Words in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary
		— origin with ref. to the means used to commute into New York.
		— origin Sp., from La Mancha, the name of the region of central Spain where the cheese originates.
		a variety of English spoken in Sri Lanka, incorporating elements of Sinhala.
	www.askoxford.com /pressroom/archive/coed11new/?view=uk (1821 words)

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	www.yourdictionary.com /diction1.html (1099 words)

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		Indo-European Languages and RootsThe origin of English and many other languages.
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	www.yourdictionary.com (339 words)

	The Oxford English Dictionary: List of Abbreviations
		Cotgrave, Dictionarie of the French and English tongues
		N.E.D. New English Dictionary, original title of the Oxford English
		(quoted from) Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words & Phrases
	www.indiana.edu /~letrs/help-services/QuickGuides/oed-abbr.html (415 words)

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