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2016-09-27 11:24:47 -0400 answered a question Will my 11 yr old daughter remember the German language she was fluent in her first 5 years of life?

Likely not much. She has only been speaking it three years as the first two years she was too young.

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2016-08-22 15:10:47 -0400 asked a question Is English Romance?

This is a history/linguistics question. Many linguists have said that common descent is the factor to determining what language family English belongs to. Take into account the common Latin descent of vocabulary, not just grammar and pronunciation. Of course I know it's mostly Germanic, but why is English not Romance even just a little bit? Thanks.

2016-08-22 15:10:47 -0400 asked a question Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?

Grouping languages into families is based on grammatical similarities. Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?