Classic_Situation664 t1_iv6xizc wrote
Reply to comment by ChaddymacMadlad in Why was unified Italy so culturally divided but unified Germany wasn't? by Bro_c0ly
And the interesting part the English language is part of the West Germanic branch of languages. Its just that English adopted words from French , Spanish, Latin, and more.
ChaddymacMadlad t1_iv6zpqc wrote
English is such a moshpit of languages, after the first civilisations established you had the celts take over, then the latin romans, then the germanic tribes from whats nowadays the netherlands, then scandinavians from denmark and norway, then the french. Its just language after language slapping itself over the island, all having a few bits stick around
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