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Did you know? The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic tribes who settled in England in the 5th-6th century — they brought the basis of English. That's why English and German share ~80% of their BASIC words ("water", "father", "mother") — but English then borrowed 60% French/Latin words. An average English speaker knows 20-35,000 words.

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The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic tribes who settled in England in the 5th-6th century — they brought the basis of English. That's why English and German share ~80% of their BASIC words ("water", "father", "mother") — but English then borrowed 60% French/Latin words. An average English speaker knows 20-35,000 words.

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