English language

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English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries English West Germanic, West Germanic language - a branch of the Germanic languages American English, American language, American - the English language as used in the United States cockney - the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London geordie - the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne King's English, Queen's English - English as spoken by educated persons in southern England Received Pronunciation - the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting Middle English - English from about 1100 to 1450 Modern English - English since about 1450 Old English, Anglo-Saxon - English prior to about 1100 Oxford English - the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious Scots, Scots English, Scottish - the dialect of English used in Scotland