The Pie- Chart provides an overview of the percentages of different languages contributing to the origination of English as a language. Overall, three languages namely French, Latin and Germanic Languages have contributed largely in originating the English language with a considerably smaller contribution from Greek, other Languages/unknown, and Derived from proper names.
The influence of French and Latin is exactly the same at 29% and that of Germanic Language is moderately less at 26%. These three languages, combined together have contributed to more than 80% of the total origin.
In contrast, Languages such as Greek, Other languages/unknown, and Derived from proper names have significantly smaller contributions towards the origin of English at 6%, 6%, and 4% respectively.
The Pie- Chart provides an overview of the percentages of
different
languages
contributing to the origination of English as a
language
.
Overall
, three
languages
namely
French, Latin and Germanic
Languages
have contributed
largely
in originating the English
language
with a
considerably
smaller contribution from Greek, other Languages/unknown, and Derived from proper names.
The influence of French and Latin is exactly the same at 29% and that of Germanic
Language
is
moderately
less at 26%. These three
languages
,
combined together
have contributed to more than 80% of the total origin.
In contrast
,
Languages
such as Greek, Other languages/unknown, and Derived from proper names have
significantly smaller
contributions towards the origin of English at 6%, 6%, and 4%
respectively
.