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Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations
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List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas
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List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
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List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
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Danish, Norwegian) 478:List of Arabic star names 1408:Lists of language lists 27:Part of a series on the 315:San AndrĆ©sā€“Providencia 47:English-speaking world 1352:Australian aboriginal 560:, mostly French words 145:Antiguan and Barbudan 437:-derived words, see 52:As a second language 426:that are known as " 558:Glossary of ballet 1378: 1377: 1339: 1338: 643:, including from 420: 419: 93:Linguistic purism 78:European language 1420: 1385: 1169: 929: 922: 915: 906: 424:English language 412: 405: 398: 215:Falkland Islands 33:English language 24: 1428: 1427: 1423: 1422: 1421: 1419: 1418: 1417: 1398: 1397: 1395: 1393: 1392: 1379: 1374: 1335: 1270: 1203: 1194:Scottish Gaelic 1167: 1089: 988: 970: 938: 933: 891: 886: 839: 416: 65:Advanced topics 22: 12: 11: 5: 1426: 1424: 1416: 1415: 1410: 1400: 1399: 1386: 1376: 1375: 1373: 1372: 1365: 1360: 1355: 1347: 1345: 1341: 1340: 1337: 1336: 1334: 1333: 1328: 1323: 1318: 1313: 1312: 1311: 1301: 1300: 1299: 1294: 1289: 1278: 1276: 1272: 1271: 1269: 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Index

Foreign language influences in English
English language
English-speaking world
As a second language
History
English as a lingua franca
European language
Modern English
Loanwords
Linguistic purism
Phonology
History
American
Anguillian
Antarctic
Antiguan and Barbudan
Australian
Bajan
Bangladeshi
Bay Islands
Belizean
Bermudian
British
Brunei
Cameroonian
Canadian
Caribbean
Cornish
England
Falkland Islands

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