The origins of English
Britain's other languages
Dialects of English
100

What is English root language? e.g. Latin etc.

Germanic

100

Do more people speak Gaelic in Scotland or Ireland

Scotland

100

Is there more difference between Texas and New York or Liverpool and Glasgow (in how the accent sounds)?

Liverpool and Glasgow

200

Why didn't the British learn latin?

Because of the distance between Rome and Britain

200

Which Celtic country has preserved the language the best?

Wales

200

Do all British people understand each other?

No

300

What language root does Welsh have?

Latin

300

What happened if you spoke Welsh in school fifty years ago?

You were punished by the teacher

300

What is the accent from Liverpool called?

Scouse

400

How old is the English language?

Roughly 1,500 years old

400

Can someone who speaks Irish understand someone who speaks Welsh?

No

400

Which country's accent is considered the most poetic?

Irish

500

In what famous writer's time did Latin, Greek texts and the Bible get translated?

Shakespeare

500

In Wales and Scotland, do they speak their native languages more in the North or South?

North

500

Which country's accent is considered serious and sensible?

Scottish

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