LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Chinese, Japanese, French, Latin
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Celtic, Latin, German, French
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French, Spanish, Latin, German
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Spanish, French, German, Celtic
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Detailed explanation-1: -English began as a distinct language when the Anglo-Saxons split off from their Germanic cousins and left mainland Europe beginning around 450 AD. For years it was assumed that the Anglo-Saxons wiped out most of the Celts and forced the survivors to the edges of the island-Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before the coming of the Anglo-Saxons, the majority of the population of Britain spoke Celtic languages. In Roman Britain, Latin had been in extensive use as the language of government and the military and probably also in other functions, especially in urban areas and among the upper echelons of society.
Detailed explanation-3: -Old English language, also called Anglo-Saxon, language spoken and written in England before 1100; it is the ancestor of Middle English and Modern English.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the Anglo-Saxon tribes from northern Europe invaded and colonized the British Isles starting in the 5th century they brought with them their languages and cultures. This arrival created the first English language, Old English, which remained in use until the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century.