Speakers of English are called Anglophones. English is genealogically West Germanic, closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages however, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of French (about 29% of modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.Įnglish is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Regions where English is official or widely spoken, but not as a primary native language
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