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All About Germanic Languages

Test your knowledge of the Germanic language family, from its ancient roots to its modern global spread.0 takes
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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  • 01What is the name of the reconstructed, unattested proto-language from which all Germanic languages descend?
  • 02The Germanic languages are traditionally divided into three branches. Which branch is now entirely extinct?
  • 03Which of the following is a North Germanic language, also known as a Scandinavian language?
  • 04The set of sound laws that describes the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants as they developed in Proto-Germanic is known as what?
  • 05Afrikaans, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, is a daughter language of which West Germanic tongue?
  • 06Which of these languages belongs to the West Germanic branch?
  • 07The earliest surviving literary work in any Germanic language is a 4th-century Bible translation into which language?
  • 08By number of native speakers, which is the most widely spoken Germanic language?
  • 09The runic alphabets, such as the Elder Futhark, were the native writing systems for which group of languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet?
  • 10Which language is considered the closest living relative of English?
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