James R. Johnson wrote:
Sorry - there have been about 6 million speakers at the height of usage of Old English. I guess it's like Latin in being a dead language, but just as deserving of a Wiki.
I am strongly in favour of a Wikipedia in the language that has the ISO code 'ang' -- but *PLEASE DO NOT* call it "Old English". Call it "Anglo-Saxon". Please. Seriously. That's very important.
If you call it "Old English", people will constantly attempt to write articles in Shakespearean, which is early Modern English.
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