Middle English
stage of the English language from about the 12th through 15th centuries
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Summary
Middle English is a historical language[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of historical language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,791 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Instance of: language variety[4], chronolect[5]
- Followed by: Early Modern English[6]
- Subclass of: Anglic[7], English[8]
- Writing system: Latin script[9]
- Commons category: Middle English[10]
- Wikimedia language code: enm[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Middle English[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[13]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14]
- Replaces: Old English[15]
- Replaced by: Modern English[16]
- Related Wikidata property: P11420[17]
- Native label: Middle English[18]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENM[19]
- Linguistic typology: V2 word order[20], nominative–accusative language[21], stress-timed language[22], fusional language[23]
- Wikimedia Incubator URL: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/enm[24]
Why It Matters
Middle English has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]