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Ranald Rankin
Ranald is an English-language, English#H1, Hanks; Hodges 2006 pp. 407–408; #H3, Hanks; Hodges 2003; #H2, Hanks; Hodges 1997 pp. 204, 205. and Scots language, Scots masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name ''Raghnall (given name), Raghnall''. A short form of ''Ranald'' is ''Ran''.#H3, Hanks; Hodges 2003; #H2, Hanks; Hodges 1997 p. 205. Notable persons *Ranald Graham (1941–2010), Scottish writer, television director and producer *Ranald Leask, British journalist *Ranald MacDonald (bishop) (1756–1832), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop *Ranald George Macdonald (1788–1873), Scottish clan chief and Member of British Parliament *Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894), English language teacher in Japan *Ranald Roderick Macdonald (1945–2007), British mathematician and psychologist *Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973), American screenwriter *Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889), United States Army officer and general during the Civil War *Ranald Suth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
