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Indo-European topics extinct Anatolian&_160;· Paleo-Balkans (Dacian,
Phrygian, Thracian)&_160;· Tocharian historical Anatolians (Hittites, Luwians)
Celts (Galatians, Gauls)&_160;· Germanic tribes
Illyrians&_160;· Italics &_160;· Sarmatians
Scythians &_160;· Thracians &_160;· Tocharians
Indo-Iranians (Rigvedic tribes, Iranian tribes)&_160; The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. It includes the Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, etc.), and a number of extinct languages of the Italian Peninsula, including Latin, Umbrian, and Oscan.
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1. Origin of English and French Languages
May 20, 2008
Both English and French languages as well as other languages of Western Europe originate from proto-Indo-European language. English is Teutonic language, it derived from proto-Germanic language through West Germanic. As for French, it belongs to Romance languages; it derived from proto-Italic language through Latin. Although English and French are not similar languages, they have certain connection which influences the process of translation. English is considered as Germanic language with a lot of Romance borrowings. Old English was a language of several northern tribes – the Jutes, the Angl... (read more)
Author: Ray Ward
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2. French to English Translation: The Clash of Roots and Grooves
March 04, 2008
One would think that the fair number of commonalities between English and French would help make French to English translation simpler. Both are subject-prominent languages and have word orders that are relatively fixed as SVO (subject-verb-object). Literary traditions, however, also play a large role in translating between the two languages, and here they differ enormously. English and French are both Indo-European languages, English deriving from the Germanic branch and French from the Italic. English is the only Germanic languages that does not have V2 word order (that is, syntax that ... (read more)
Author: Armando Riquier
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3. French/English Translation: The Common History of Two Languages
February 22, 2008
Along with most of the other languages of Western Europe, both French and English are daughter languages of proto-Indo-European. French is a Romance language, derived from proto-Italic via Latin (like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Catalan); English is a Teutonic language, derived from proto-Germanic via West Germanic (like Dutch, German, and Yiddish). French/English translation is made more interesting by the complicated history of English and the part French plays in this history, though the two languages are long-since separated on the Indo-European family tree. English is... (read more)
Author: Armando Riquier
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