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Creole languages have a very simplified grammar compared to their parent languages. It all points to the case that English is actually a creole language.
by Shorel 10y ago
Creole languages have a very simplified grammar compared to their parent languages.
It all points to the case that English is actually a creole language.
- jacobush 10y agoBut from pretty closely related languages.
- amyjess 10y agoEnglish doesn't quite meet the criteria of being a creole, though. Superstratum/substratum theory applies here. English has an Ingvaeonic superstratum and multiple substrata, from Old Norse and Norman French at least, if not more.