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Shorel on Jan 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The lost letters of the English alphabet

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.

amyjess on Jan 16, 2017 | [–]

English 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.

jacobush on Jan 16, 2017 | [–]

But from pretty closely related languages.

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