English language
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English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named after the Angles, one
Manuscript (written in uncial script) of Beowulf, an epic poem composed in Old English between 975 and 1025.The poem begins: Hƿæt ƿē Gārde / na ingēar dagum þēod cyninga / þrym ge frunon ... [Listen! We have heard of the glory in bygone days of the folk-kings of the spear-Danes ...]
Spanish language
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Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It originated in the Kingdom of Castile, a
Antonio de Nebrija, author of Gramática de la lengua castellana, the first grammar of a modern European language
Spanish language signage in Malabo, capital city of Equatorial Guinea
An 1892 issue of La Solidaridad, a Spanish-language newspaper on the colonial Philippines published in Barcelona by Filipino exiles and international students
Announcement in Spanish on Easter Island, welcoming visitors to Rapa Nui National Park