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Peligro de extinción: Segura — La hablan todas las generaciones y los niños la aprenden de forma natural.
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El viento del norte y el sol
The North Wind and the Sun were arguing about which of them was stronger. Just then, a traveler wearing a warm coat came walking along the road. They agreed that whoever first made the traveler take off his coat would be considered the stronger. The North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the harder he blew, the more tightly the traveler wrapped his coat around him. In the end, the North Wind gave up. Then the Sun shone warmly, and the traveler immediately took off his coat. And so the North Wind had to admit that the Sun was stronger than he was.
- Los sustantivos no tienen género gramatical y los adjetivos nunca cambian de forma: 'a big dog', 'big dogs'.
- El orden básico es sujeto-verbo-objeto, como en 'I eat rice' (yo como arroz).
- Tras la conquista normanda de 1066, el inglés tomó muchas palabras del francés, como 'beef' (carne de res) y 'pork' (cerdo).
- La ortografía no siempre coincide con el sonido. La 'ough' de 'though', 'through' y 'tough' se pronuncia distinto en cada una.