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Middle English was from around 1150-1450 AD. Who had a massive influece on the language then?
The Celts (Gaelic)
The Jutes, Angles and Saxons (Germanic)
The Normans (French)
The Vikings (Old Norse)
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Latin is a dead language and therefore is no longer spoken as a mother tongue
True
False
3
What languages were spoken in the British Isles before the arrival of the Anglo Saxons?
Old Norse
English and French
Celtic and Latin
German and Latin
4
Bewoulf is an epic poem written in the style of Germanic heroic legend. What language is it written in?
Modern English
Old English
Middle English
Old Norse
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How do we know that certain languages came from the same source?
Myths and Legends
Historical Documents
Stories passed down from generation to generation
Finding patterns in the words and/or grammar
6
Do Polish and Lithuanian belong to the same language branch?
True
False
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Who discovered the Indo European language family?
Sir William Jones
Jakob Grimm
William Shakespeare
Miguel de Cervantes
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What is historical linguistics the study of?
Languages of the world
How languages change and evolve over time
News and events that have happened
Speeches of famous historical figures
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The language of the Vikings has resulted in over 2000 words currently in English. What language did they speak?
Latin
German
French
Old Norse
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Which of these languages does NOT belong to the Germanic branch of languages?
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Dutch
11
Romany, the language of the gypsies of Europe belongs to which branch of languages?
Balto Slavic
Indo Iranian
Germanic
Romance
12
When did the Anglo Saxon tribes arrive to England, thus leading to the formation of the English language?
400AD
2000 BC
1500 AD
1000 AD
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How long ago is it believed that Proto Indo European was spoken?
Between 5000-6000 years ago
Over 10,000 years ago
At least 50,000 years ago
Between 1000-2000 years ago
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Are Irish and English related linguistically?
False
True
15
England actually means 'Land of the Angles'
True
False
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What did the fairy tale collector, Jakob Grimm discover?
Fairy tales written in Proto Indo European
All fairy tales were made up
A sound shift in the use of certain consonants in Germanic Languages
All languages come from German
17
Shakespeare heralds the arrival of early Modern English in the 16th Century
False
True
18
How many branches or groups of languages within Proto Indo European still have languages that are alive today?
8
5
14
10
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Which branch of languages does French, Spanish and Italian belong to?
Celtic
Hellenic
Romance
Celtic
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What does PIE stand for in linguistics?
Pre Indo Europeans
Post Island Europe
Pre Irish English
Proto Indo European
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Which of these languages is a 'language isolate' (unrelated to any other language)?
Icelandic
Basque
Cornish
Sanskrit
