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Indo-European
Indo-Iranian Branch
Romance Branch
Origin & Diffusion
Germanic & Balto-Slavic Branches
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English is part of which language branch in the Indo-European language family?
What is Germanic Branch
100
What are the names of the two group that make up the Indo-Iranian branch?
What is Indic (eastern group) and Iranian (western group)
100
What are the four most widely used contemporary Romance languages?
What is Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian
100
How many theories are there about the origin and diffusion of Indo-European?
What is 2
100
Why are English and German both in the west Germanic group of the Germanic branch?
What is because they are structurally similar and have many words in common
200
How many branches are in the Indo-European language family?
What is 8 branches
200
Major Iranian group languages include...
What is Persian, Pashto, and Kurdish
200
Which 2 Romance languages are official languages of the United Nations?
What is Spanish and French
200
Who espoused the nomadic warrior thesis?
What is Marija Gimbutas
200
What are the names of the 2 subgroups West Germanic is further divided into?
What is High Germanic and Low Germanic
300
Which 4 branches are spoken by large numbers of people?
What is Indo-Iranian, Romance, Germanic, and Balto-Slavic
300
What language is the most spoken of the Indic group?
What is Hindi
300
How many Latin American states have Spanish as there official language?
What is 18
300
According to the nomadic warrior thesis, who were the first Indo-European speakers?
What is the Kurgan people
300
What West Germanic subgroup is English classified in?
What is Low Germanic subgroup
400
Where are languages of the Indo-European family are dominant?
What is Europe and the Americas
400
What language do 1/3 of Indians use?
What is Hindi
400
What dialect became the standard form of French?
What is Francien
400
What hypothesis states that Indo-European diffused by military conquest?
What is the nomadic warrior thesis
400
Which are the most widely used Balto-Slavic languages?
What is the eastern ones, primarily Russian
500
What are the 4 less used Indo-European language branches?
What is Albanian, Armenian, Greek, and Celtic
500
In what year did Hindu become the official language of India?
What is 1947
500
What is the fifth most important Romance language?
What is Romanian
500
According to Colin Renfrew, how was Indo-European diffused?
What is through agricultural practices
500
What is the most commonly spoken Western Slavic language?
What is Polish