English more different than the other Germanic languages.
According to you and why?
According to you and why?
French more different than the other Romance languages or
<<English more different than the other Germanic languages. >>
I don't think so.
Here's why:
1). It is characteristic of Teutonic (Germanic) languages to simplify their morphology. English is no different from other Teutonic languages in this respect.
2). It is also characteristic of Teutonic languages to borrow heavily from Latin and Romance languages. English is the undisputed leader in this regard, and this is a tendency that has been a trend in all Teutonic languages for many centuries.
In conclusion: English = very Teutonic
I don't think so.
Here's why:
1). It is characteristic of Teutonic (Germanic) languages to simplify their morphology. English is no different from other Teutonic languages in this respect.
2). It is also characteristic of Teutonic languages to borrow heavily from Latin and Romance languages. English is the undisputed leader in this regard, and this is a tendency that has been a trend in all Teutonic languages for many centuries.
In conclusion: English = very Teutonic
<<Which one then? French or English is your choice. >>
Well French is more similar to other Romance languages than English is to the more-deal of Teutonic languages for the simple fact that Romance languages have split from one another in more recent times than Germanic languages have. The comparison is an apples to oranges comparison because of this.
English is an isolated language, its homeland being an island. The only kindred tongue it shares any border with is Scots, and if comparing English-Scots to Romance, English-Scots would win the "more similar" competition.
It's really an unfair question to begin with.
Well French is more similar to other Romance languages than English is to the more-deal of Teutonic languages for the simple fact that Romance languages have split from one another in more recent times than Germanic languages have. The comparison is an apples to oranges comparison because of this.
English is an isolated language, its homeland being an island. The only kindred tongue it shares any border with is Scots, and if comparing English-Scots to Romance, English-Scots would win the "more similar" competition.
It's really an unfair question to begin with.
Easy. French by far resembles other Romance languages than English does other Germanic languages.
Although French diverged from the others considerably in terms of pronunciation, in respect to grammar, syntax and vocabulary the French language is clearly latin. While french is not mutually inteligible orally to any practical extent, in terms of orthography French is actually quite inteligible to other romance speakers, and is rather easy to learn for other romance speakers.
The same cant be said for English and its relationship to other germanic languages.
Although French diverged from the others considerably in terms of pronunciation, in respect to grammar, syntax and vocabulary the French language is clearly latin. While french is not mutually inteligible orally to any practical extent, in terms of orthography French is actually quite inteligible to other romance speakers, and is rather easy to learn for other romance speakers.
The same cant be said for English and its relationship to other germanic languages.
En ce qui me concerne, la langue française se différencie effectivement au niveau de la prononciation mais aussi de la graphie, pour le reste, à l'exception peut-être de l'utilisation des pronoms, elle est assez similaire aux autres langues romanes.
Quant à l'anglais, les différences sont plus marquées, d'abord au niveau du vocabulaire, évidemment dû aux nombreux emprunts au français et au latin, mais aussi on peut remarquer certaines caractérisques morphologiques propre à l'anglais surtout comparé à l'allemand, mais là où se démarque davantage l'anglais par rapport aux autres langues du groupe germanique, c'est au niveau de la phonétique, il y a peu de comparaison possible à ce chapitre.
Quant à l'anglais, les différences sont plus marquées, d'abord au niveau du vocabulaire, évidemment dû aux nombreux emprunts au français et au latin, mais aussi on peut remarquer certaines caractérisques morphologiques propre à l'anglais surtout comparé à l'allemand, mais là où se démarque davantage l'anglais par rapport aux autres langues du groupe germanique, c'est au niveau de la phonétique, il y a peu de comparaison possible à ce chapitre.
<<Although French diverged from the others considerably in terms of pronunciation, in respect to grammar, syntax and vocabulary the French language is clearly latin.>>
Clearly "latin" or clearly "Romance"?
Romance languages are not like Latin, but are like one another.
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<<While french is not mutually inteligible orally to any practical extent, in terms of orthography French is actually quite inteligible to other romance speakers, and is rather easy to learn for other romance speakers. >>
If French were spelled the way it is pronounced this would not be true. If English adhered to a conservative orthography--maintaining inflectional morphology for the sake of etymological sentiments--then it too would align more closely to its relations:
I calle
thou callest
you calle
he calleth/calls
we calle
ye calle
you calle
they calle
--although these spellings are different than what you see in Modern English, the pronunciation is the same as in ModEng. And it "looks" more akin to other Germanic languages. This is the way French is--more for the sake of appearance than actuality.
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<<The same cant be said for English and its relationship to other germanic languages. >>
To Scots and to some extent Frisian and Afrikaans it can.
Clearly "latin" or clearly "Romance"?
Romance languages are not like Latin, but are like one another.
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<<While french is not mutually inteligible orally to any practical extent, in terms of orthography French is actually quite inteligible to other romance speakers, and is rather easy to learn for other romance speakers. >>
If French were spelled the way it is pronounced this would not be true. If English adhered to a conservative orthography--maintaining inflectional morphology for the sake of etymological sentiments--then it too would align more closely to its relations:
I calle
thou callest
you calle
he calleth/calls
we calle
ye calle
you calle
they calle
--although these spellings are different than what you see in Modern English, the pronunciation is the same as in ModEng. And it "looks" more akin to other Germanic languages. This is the way French is--more for the sake of appearance than actuality.
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<<The same cant be said for English and its relationship to other germanic languages. >>
To Scots and to some extent Frisian and Afrikaans it can.