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What are the earliest forms of English called?
Old English or Anglo-Saxon
What are the two languages that Modern English is most closely related to?
Low Saxon and Frisian
What are the two languages that English has borrowed many words from?
French and Latin
What is the term for speakers of English?
Anglophones
What dialects brought Old English to Great Britain?
North Sea Germanic dialects brought by Anglo-Saxon settlers
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