Language Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the most widely spoken language in the world?

A

Mandarin

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2
Q

What language family does English belong to?

A

Indo-European

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3
Q

What languages are most closely related to English?

A

Dutch and German

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4
Q

Languages in the north Germanic?

A

Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

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5
Q

Languages in west Germanic?

A

Dutch, English, German

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6
Q

Languages in Romance branch?

A
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Romanian
Italian
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7
Q

Languages

In the indo Iranian branch?

A
Bengali
Kurdish
Farsi
Hindi
Punjabi
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8
Q

Languages in Balto-Slavic branch?

A
Czech
Polish 
Russian
Ukrainian
Serbio-Croatian
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9
Q

What are some of the terms used to refer to related languages?

A

Sister and cousin languages

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