Modern English

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Modern English is the current form of the English language, used worldwide since roughly the late 15th century and encompassing contemporary varieties such as North American English.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Modern English canonical 2
New English 1
Present-Day English 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of English ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
stage of language ⓘ
follows Middle English ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Modern English ⓘ
surface form: New English

Modern English ⓘ
surface form: Present-Day English
hasAncestor Anglo-Frisian languages ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
Proto-Germanic ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
hasAspectSystem perfect aspect ⓘ
progressive aspect ⓘ
hasCaseSystem largely lost nominal case ⓘ
hasDirection left-to-right ⓘ
hasFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
extensive vocabulary of French and Latin origin ⓘ
fixed word order ⓘ
largely analytic grammar ⓘ
phonemic vowel length distinctions largely lost ⓘ
reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ
use of auxiliary verbs for tense and aspect ⓘ
use of do-support in questions and negation ⓘ
hasISOCode en ⓘ
eng ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLexiconSize very large vocabulary ⓘ
hasMoodSystem indicative mood dominant ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Charles Dickens ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Jane Austen ⓘ
John Milton ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
hasPeriod Early Modern English ⓘ
Late Modern English ⓘ
hasPhonologicalEvent Great Vowel Shift ⓘ
hasPronounSystem distinct subject and object pronouns ⓘ
hasScript Latin script ⓘ
hasStandardForm Standard English ⓘ
hasStartTime circa 1500 ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ
hasStatus most widely studied foreign language ⓘ
official language in many countries ⓘ
hasSubfamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
hasTenseSystem past-present distinction with periphrastic future ⓘ
hasTypicalWordOrder Subject-Verb-Object ⓘ
hasVariety American English ⓘ
Australian English ⓘ
British English ⓘ
Canadian English ⓘ
Caribbean English ⓘ
Indian English ⓘ
Irish English ⓘ
New Zealand English ⓘ
Nigerian English ⓘ
North American English ⓘ
Philippine English ⓘ
Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) ⓘ
surface form: Singapore English

South African English ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic languages ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Norman French

Norse ⓘ
surface form: Norse languages
influences global lingua franca ⓘ
partOf English language ⓘ
precedes Future English ⓘ
usedAs international language of aviation ⓘ
international language of business ⓘ
international language of diplomacy ⓘ
international language of science ⓘ
international language of the internet ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
usedIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
India ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

global context ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North American English → timePeriod → Modern English ⓘ
Yola → influencedBy → Modern English ⓘ
Modern English → hasAlternativeName → Modern English ⓘ
this entity surface form: New English
Modern English → hasAlternativeName → Modern English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Present-Day English