About English

English derives from

• Germanic

• Proto-Germanic

• Proto-Indo-European

The Old English vocabulary was mainly

• Celtic

• Germanic

• Nordic

The most significant effect on the English vocabulary comes from

• Old Danish

• Middle French

• Latin

The Oxford English dictionary currently lists

• 20,000-30,000 English words

• ca. 170,000 English words

• close to a million English words

Today English is used by

• 4-5 mln people

• 400 mln people

• a third of all the people in the world

English is more than 1,500 years old.

• YES

• NO

The story of English is divided into 3 major historical periods.

• YES

• NO

English vocabulary is etymologically diverse.

• YES

• NO

Languages can only differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

• YES

• NO

A language user creates up to 2000 new words for the language used in their life.

• YES

• NO