2023 LA 2.1 self test Flashcards
English belongs to the ____________ language family
Indo- European
Indo- European includes these 5 major branches
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2
3
4
5
- Haloceltic
- balto slavic
- proto- germanic
- Hellenic
- Indo- Iranian
reading and understanding fourteenth-century english is so difficult for us because __________
language changes with time. The English language has changed a great deal in 600 years
English went through these steps to become the language we know as modern English
- Indo- European
- Proto- germanic
- West Germanic
Aramaic
the language spoken by Jesus
High German
the official language of Austria and Germany
Italo- Celtic
the form of Italic spoken before the Celtic migration
Hellenic
includes Greek Dialects
Low German
includes Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian
Sanskrit
a member of Indo-Iranian family
what does the abbreviation HG stand for
High German
what does the abbreviation OF stand for
Old- French
what does the abbreviation SP stand for
spanish
what does the abbreviation GK stand for
Greek
what does the abbreviation F stand for
French
what does the abbreviation MF stand for
Middle French
what does the abbreviation OE stand for
Old English
what does the abbreviation OHG stand for
Old high German
what does the abbreviation DU stand for?
Dutch
what does the abbreviation HEB stand for?
Hebrew
Varmint is an example of ________-
american dialect
the term used for a person who studies and compares languages is __________
linguist
the Latin word Mater means
mother
The French word Sept and the Greek word Hepta means_________
seven
The celtic and sankrit forms for three are
TRI
Define Dialect
a form of language variation which can develop as a result of isolation can be found in the Appalachian area of kentucky and West Virginia
define philologist
a scientist who studies records of languages and words
