The article talks about the various information on the history of the English Language including  its original language family with the earliest forms spoken by inhabitants as well as  spreading of modern English, and its geographical  distribution.

early medieval, dialects, core vocabulary, remain unchanged, standardized, belongs to, set their own language policies, mostly spoken, borrow, worldwide influence, native speakers

Oxford Learner's Dictionary 2015, Entry: English – Pronunciation.

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Burnley, David (1992). "LEXIS AND SEMANTICS". In N. Blake (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the English Language (The Cambridge History of the English Language, pp. 409-499). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521264754.006: "Latin and French each account for a little more than 28 per cent of the lexis recorded in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Finkenstaedt & Wolff 1973)".

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