Editing Loanword (section)

== In English ==
The English language has borrowed many words from other cultures or languages. For examples, see [[Lists of English words by country or language of origin]] and [[Anglicisation]].

Some English loanwords remain relatively faithful to the original phonology even though a particular [[phoneme]] might not exist or have contrastive status in English. For example, the [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] word ''[[Lava#ʻAʻā|{{okina}}a{{okina}}ā]]'' is used by geologists to specify lava that is thick, chunky, and rough. The Hawaiian spelling indicates the two [[glottal stop]]s in the word, but the English pronunciation, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|(|ʔ|)|ɑː}}, contains at most one. The English spelling usually removes the [[ʻokina]] and [[macron (diacritic)|macron]] diacritics.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Elbert|first1=Samuel H.|last2=Pukui|first2=Mary Kawena|title=Hawaiian Dictionary|place=Honolulu|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press|year=1986|edition=Revised and enlarged|isbn=978-0-8248-0703-0|page=389}}</ref>

Most English affixes, such as ''un-'', ''-ing'', and ''-ly'', were used in Old English. However, a few English affixes are borrowed. For example, the verbal suffix [[-ize|''-ize'' (American English) or ''ise'' (British English)]] comes from Greek -ιζειν (''-izein'') through Latin ''-izare''.

Pronunciation often differs from the original language, occasionally dramatically, especially when dealing with [[place name]]s. This often leads to divergence when many speakers anglicize pronunciations as other speakers try to maintain the way the name would sound in the original language, as in the [[pronunciation of Louisville]].