Anglic languages

Anglic (From Latin Anglicus meaning English) is a rarely used term for what are also known as Englishes, in for example World Englishes, and is considered a less anglo-centric cover term than English for any variety descended from Old English.It is often used where the implication is that varieties like Scots are separate languages, rather than dialects of English.

Anglic languages

From the above arises the concept of Anglic languages (also called Anglian languages), one of the two branches of Anglo-Frisian languages, itself a branch of West Germanic. The Anglic languages include Old English and its descendants. The family tree is:

Old English:Middle English::Early Modern English:::Modern English::Yola::Early Scots:::Middle Scots::::Modern Scots

Other uses

Anglic also refers to the two Anglian dialects of Old English namely Northumbrian and Mercian.

Anglic was also a simplified form of spelling intended to make the language more accessible to an international audience. It was invented in 1930 by the Swedish philologist R. E. Zachrisson.

See also

* List of dialects of the English language
* Regional accents of English speakers
* :Category:English pidgin and creole languages
* History of the English language
* History of the Scots language