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charonn0 on Nov 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian lan...

Given the location and history of England, English is probably the biggest mutt of the Indo-European family.

kemiller on Nov 28, 2012 [–]

Hindi/Urdu and other subcontinental languages are also Indo-European and their lands have histories and linguistic influences at least as colorful as England's. But English has got to be in the running.

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