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What sound shift occurred in English a few hundred years ago?
What sound shift occurred in English a few hundred years ago?
- The sound [uː] shifted to [aʊ] (correct)
- The sound [ɔɪ] shifted to [aɪ]
- The sound [aɪ] shifted to [eɪ]
- The sound [aʊ] shifted to [uː]
What is a protolanguage?
What is a protolanguage?
- A language that has not evolved over time
- A modern language spoken by a large population
- A language with no known descendants
- An ancestral language from which related languages have developed (correct)
What were English and German dialects of?
What were English and German dialects of?
- Proto-Germanic (correct)
- Indo-European
- Latin
- Romance languages
What is one way to tell if languages are genetically related?
What is one way to tell if languages are genetically related?
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Which sound correspondence example demonstrates the genetic relationship between English, French, and Spanish?
Which sound correspondence example demonstrates the genetic relationship between English, French, and Spanish?
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