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Why is english not a north germanic language?
Q. I have been studying german swedish and english. I noticed that english and swedish are more similar than english and german. Like the numbers fifteen,funfzehn,femton. Femton and fifteen are more similar than funfzehn. Also it seems that they all have there unique ways. Like german and english can be similar in a way that swedish is not. Also english and sweidish can be similar in ways that german is not. Why are they in catagories like north west east south germanic?
Asked by travisman1994 - Tue Jan 19 00:59:08 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well firstly, there are no "South Germanic" languages and there are no living East Germanic languages, Gothic is the most notable East Germanic language, and it became extinct a number of centuries ago. If you were to do a thorough comparative study of the three languages, you'd find that German and English share considerably more in common than English and Swedish morphologically and grammatically. Lexically, there are very many similar words between English and Swedish, but you'll find that even more are found amongst the West Germanic languages. Genetic relations are more concerned with grammar and morphology than lexicon-- many completely unrelated languages (like Korean and Chinese) have high levels of lexical similarity due to a… [cont.]
Answered by Mikhail - Tue Jan 19 02:09:09 2010

Can Someone Paraphrase this for me?
Q. Ok. I need someone to paraphrase this for me: "Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and southern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily the literary register of Anglo-Saxon. It is a West Germanic language and is closely related to Old Frisian. It also experienced heavy influence from Old Norse, a member of the related North Germanic group of languages." I can't really write that good. So make it sound like a very smart kid wrote it. I'm basically 14 years old and my english teacher basically knows I'm not smart. SO I really need help on this part.
Asked by kyran1494 - Sun Mar 2 22:30:02 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Old English is what the Anglo-Saxons spoke when they came into England in the middle of the fifth century. What we now know as Old English is the literary form of the language as it was used in England and southern Scotland between the middle of the fifth century and the middle of the twelfth century. We know what it was like because of documents produced at that time by the Anglo-Saxons. Old English, by the way, is closely related to Old Frisian. Even modern Frisian is pretty close to present-day English. I once read somewhere in a book about the West Germanic languages that "bread, butter, and green cheese is good English and good Friese." After the Vikings invaded England, Old English changed quite a bit because of contact with… [cont.]
Answered by hkyson - Mon Mar 3 02:19:23 2008

*Will give 10 Points!* World History Help Please!?
Q. Hey y'all I just need someone to check my work the answer with the star* next to it is what I think the answer is. There are like 2 questions that don't have answers and if you could help me out that would be awsome! No, I am not trying to get out of work I am more than willing to do the work. Give me a site, link...ect. Anything you give to help me out will be greatly appriceated, I'm desperate! Thanks so much!!! ^_^ Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 4. Filial piety refers to the duty of (1 point) family members to subordinate their needs to the male head. *parents to subordinate their needs to their educated children. Hindus to accept their position in the social order. Israelites to… [cont.]
Asked by baybgurl - Thu Dec 10 14:04:33 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. 4.) Correct! -It's basically the concept of be good to your parents. 6.)Correct! 7.)Correct! -The eastern empire lasted about another 1,000 years. 9.)Correct! -Extended families, especially, were combined into lineage groups. 10.)Incorrect. -The early medieval civilization that arose out of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire was formed by the coalescence of three major elements: the Germanic peoples who moved into the western part of the empire and established new kingdoms; the continuing attraction of the Greco-Roman cultural legacy; and the Christian church. 11.)Correct! -The bubonic plague came from Asia. First reports are from Trebizond, where the Turks deliberately spread the disease to the city. Since the city was under… [cont.]
Answered by Cha - Thu Dec 10 14:22:08 2009