Which of the following statements about the English language is incorrect?

a. English belongs to the Indo-European language family.
b. English belongs to the Germanic language subgroup.
c. English is one of the many languages that diverged from an ancient unified language called Proto-IndoEuropean.
d. English is a "daughter" language.
e. English has historically suffered a narrowing and loss of meaning.


e

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