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		NickC25 on Sept 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is English a “creole Language”? English is basically a dialect of German spoken with French words. The vast majority of our grammar rules come from German, whereas our vocabulary is a lot of French, however, mixed in with several hundred years of cultural integration due to the English-speaking world being hotbeds for immigration.

advisedwang on Sept 30, 2024 [–]

A few major differences between english and german that I think make them more than just a lexical substitution:

1. Word order

2. Morphology (ie you combine morphemes to create words differently in english and german)

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