Early Modern English

stage of development of English, starting c. 16th century
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Early Modern English
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Early Modern English

Summary

Early Modern English is a chronolect[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of chronolect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,561 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Early Modern English is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Early Modern English's instance of is recorded as chronolect[4].
  • Early Modern English's instance of is recorded as language variety[5].
  • Early Modern English followed Middle English[6].
  • Early Modern English was followed by Modern English[7].
  • Early Modern English is a type of Anglic[8].
  • Early Modern English's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Early Modern English's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Early Modern English[10].
  • Early Modern English's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[11].
  • Early Modern English's topic has template is recorded as Template:Lang-en-emodeng[12].
  • Early Modern English's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070417[13].
  • Early Modern English's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[14].
  • Early Modern English's linguistic typology is recorded as nominative–accusative language[15].
  • Early Modern English's linguistic typology is recorded as stress-timed language[16].
  • Early Modern English's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chronolect[4] and language variety[5]. Early Modern English is a type of Anglic[8].

Why It Matters

Early Modern English ranks in the top 10% of chronolect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,561 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic has template Template:Lang-en-emodeng
    Instance of chronolect, language variety
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