What were early testimonies of West-Germanic languages? Old Frankish/Old Dutch, Old

1. 
   What were early testimonies of West-Germanic languages?
   

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  Old Frankish/Old Dutch, Old
  

2. 
   How many native speakers of English language there are?
   

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  360-400mln
  

3. 
   How is sound change known?
   

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  Grimm’s Law and Verner’s Law
  

4. 
   How many people speak Romance languages as a second language?
   

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  300 mln people
  

5. 
   What does Verner’s Law describe in the Proto-Germanic language?
   

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  historical sound change
  

6. 
   How many native speakers of English language there are?
   

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  450 mln
  

7. 
   English, German and Dutch are … .
   

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  West-Germanic languages
  

8. 
   What is the rank of English language among world languages?
   

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  3^rd
  

9. 
   From when East-Germanic languages were not used?
   

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  from the end of Migration Period
  

10. 
    When was the oldest Germanic writing?
    

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  160AD
  

11. 
    How many pure vowels does Standart Swedish have?
    

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  17
  

12. 
    What was the earliest coherent Germanic text?
    

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  Gothic translation of Bible
  

13. 
    North-Germanic languages are … .
    

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  Swedish, Norwegian✅
  

14. 
    How many letters in runic alphabet?
    

- 24✅

15. 
    When was mentioned early historical evidence for Germanic languages by Latin authors?
    

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  1st century BC✅
  

16. 
    When was the earliest coherent Germanic text?
    

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  in the 4th century✅
  

17. 
    Do English vowel qualities include diphthongs?
    

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  Yes
  

18. 
    What was the first extensive Germanic text?
    

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  Gothic Bible✅
  

19. 
    Where is a historical geographical distribution of the West Germanic languages?
    

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  between the Rhine, Alps, Elbe, and North Sea✅
  

20. 
    How many native speakers of Romance languages there are?
    

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  900 mln✅
  

21. 
    When was formed western group of Germanic languages?
    

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  in the late Jastorf culture✅
  

22. 
    What is the oldest Germanic writing?
    

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  Gothic Bible✅
  

23. 
    Romance languages are … .
    

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  subgroup of Italic branch of Indo-European language family✅
  

24. 
    What is the rank of German language among world languages?
    

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  10^th
  

25. 
    What led Romanian to adopt a very large number of Slavic words?
    

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  Slavic infiltration into Balkans✅
  

26. 
    Which language has 13 distinctions among long vowels alone, one of the largest such inventories in the world?
    

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  The Amstetten dialect of Bavarian German language✅
  

27. 
    East-Germanic languages are … .
    

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  Gothic, language of Vandals and Burgundians
  

28. 
    What does Grimm’s Law describe in the Proto-Indo European language?
    

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  stop consonants✅
  

29. 
    What does Grimm’s Law describe?
    

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  Proto Indo-European stop consonants✅
  

30. 
    Who made Verner’s Law?
    

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  Karl Verner✅
  

31. 
    What were early testimonies of West-Germanic languages?
    

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  Old Frankish/Old Dutch, Old High German, Old English✅
  

32. 
    From which language were inherited basic vocabulary of Romance languages?
    

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  Latin✅
  

33. 
    What were early testimonies of West-Germanic languages?
    

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  Old Frankish/Old Dutch, Old ✅
  

34. 
    How many letters in runic alphabet
    

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  24
  

35. 
    Romance languages are
    

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  Subgroup of italic branch of Indo-European lang
  

36. 
    Which language has 13 distinctions among long vowels alone, one of the largest such inventories in the world?
    

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  The Amstetten dialect of Bavarian German language✅
  

37. 
    What is the oldest Germanic writing?
    

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  Gothic Bible✅
  

38. 
    What led Romanian to adopt a very large number of Slavic words?
    

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  Slavic infiltration into Balkans✅
  

39. 
    What had considerable effect on the vocabulary of the Western Romance languages?
    

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  Islamic invaders into Europe✅
  

40. 
    When was made Verner’s Law?
    

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  in 1875✅
  

41. 
    North-Germanic languages are …
    

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  Swedish, Norwegian✅
  

42. 
    Where is a historical geographical distribution of the West Germanic languages?
    

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  between the Rhine, Alps, Elbe, and North Sea✅
  

43. 
    How many pure vowels does Standart Swedish have?
    

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  17✅
  

44. 
    How many vowels does Danish have?
    

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  11✅
  

45. 
    How many vowels does Standart German and Dutch have?
    

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  14✅
  

46. 
    Till when North-Germanic languages remained unified?
    

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  Till 1000AD
  

47. 
    What are the major languages of Romance languages?
    

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  French, Romanian, Italian, Spanish
  

48. 
    Which language has 13 distinctions among long vowels alone, one of the largest such inventories in the world?
    

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  The Amstetten dialect of Bavarian German language
  

49. 
    When was the earliest coherent Germanic text?
    

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  in the 4th century