<P> Here is a list of the most common foreign language influences in English, where other languages have influenced or contributed words to English . </P> <P> Words are almost absent, except for dialectal words, such as the Yan Tan Tethera system of counting sheep . However, hypotheses have been made that English syntax was influenced by Celtic languages, such as the system of continuous tenses was a cliché of similar Celtic phrasal structures; this is controversial, as the system has clear native English and other Germanic developments . </P> <P> The French contributed legal, military, technological, and political terminology . Their language also contributed common words, such as the names of meats: veal, mutton, beef, pork, and how food was prepared: boil, broil, fry, roast, and stew; as well as words related to the nobility: prince, duke, marquess, viscount, baron, and their feminine equivalents . Nearly 40 percent of English words (in an 80,000 word dictionary) may be of French origin . </P> <P> Scientific and technical words, medical terminology, academic and legal terminology . </P>

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