Unit 3 Language Test

What is a group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history?

• Language trunk

• Language family

• Language branch

• Language group

Which of the following are the two largest language families in the world?

• Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-European and Indo-Iranian

• Indo-Iranian and Baltic-Slavic

• Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

Which of the following did NOT influence early English?

• French

• Angles

• Basques

• Vikings

What language branch does English come from?

• Germanic

• West Germanic

• East Germanic

• Indo-European

Where were the first speakers of the language that evolved into English from?

• France

• Switzerland

• Italy

• Denmark

What language family does English come from?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-European

• Afro-Asiatic

• Indo-Iranian

Which of the following groups from the Germanic family is extinct?

• West Germanic

• North Germanic

• East Germanic

• South Germanic

What was the standard language spoken by soldiers during the Roman Empire?

• Vulgar Latin

• Romance language

• Germanic language

• Standard language

What is a mix of indigenous and colonial languages?

• Indigenous language

• Native language

• Traditional language

• Creolized language

What two groups invaded England and contributed to the development of English?

• Saxons and Germans

• Angles and Normans

• Goths and Slavs

• Romans and Ottomans