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Explore the Germanic languages and their influence on English and other Western European languages.
What is the official language of Austria?
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German
What is the official language of Germany?
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German
Which of these languages is a South Germanic language?
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Yiddish
What is the name of the process that led to the development of Proto-Germanic from Proto-Indo-European?
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Germanic sound shift
What is the official language of Switzerland?
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German
In which century did the Great Vowel Shift occur in the English language?
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15th century
What is the official language of the Faroe Islands?
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Faroese
Which of these languages is not an official language of India?
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Swedish
Which Germanic language is considered the oldest recorded?
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Gothic
Which of these languages is NOT an Insular Germanic language?
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Faroese
Which of these languages is not an official language of Australia?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is not a High German dialect?
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Low German
What is the official language of Namibia?
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English
Which of these languages is not an official language of the European Union?
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Swedish
What is the official language of the Netherlands?
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Dutch
Which of the following is not a Germanic language?
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Finnish
Which of these languages is not a Scandinavian language?
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German
What is the official language of Norway?
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Norwegian
Which of these languages is not a Franconian dialect?
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Low German
Which modern Germanic language has the most native speakers?
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English
What is the term for a word or phrase that has opposite meanings depending on context?
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Contronym
What is the official language of Belgium?
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Dutch
Which of these languages is a High German language?
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Standard German
What is the official language of Belgium's Wallonia region?
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French
What is the official language of Luxembourg?
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Luxembourgish
Which Germanic language is spoken in South Africa and Namibia?
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Afrikaans
Which of these languages is NOT part of the Istvaeonic subgroup of West Germanic languages?
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Yiddish
What was the primary writing system used for Old Norse?
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Runic alphabet
Which of these languages is not a Low German dialect?
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High German
What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
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German
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based programming language?
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Python
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based constructed language?
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Esperanto
What is the official language of the Netherlands?
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Dutch
Which of these languages is a Low Franconian language?
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Dutch
What is the official language of South Africa?
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11 official languages
Which of these languages is a Middle German language?
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Saxon
Which of these languages is a Frisian language?
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West Frisian
Which of these languages is a Low German language?
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Plattdeutsch
Which of these languages is a West Germanic language?
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Afrikaans
What is the official language of Sweden?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is not an official language of Canada?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based speech synthesis system?
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Microsoft Speech Platform
What is the most widely spoken Germanic language in the world?
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English
Which of these languages is not a North Germanic language?
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Dutch
Which of these languages is not an official language of South Africa?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based tactile language?
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Japanese Braille
What is the official language of Finland?
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Finnish
Which of these languages is not a Middle German dialect?
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Low German
Which of these languages is NOT a West Germanic language?
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Danish
Which of these languages is considered to be the closest relative of English?
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Frisian
Which of these languages is NOT a North Germanic language?
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Frisian
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based machine translation system?
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Google Translate
Which of these languages is NOT part of the Ingvaeonic subgroup of West Germanic languages?
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Luxembourgish
Which of these languages uses the Latin alphabet?
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Icelandic
Which of these languages is NOT a mixed Germanic-Romance language?
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Yiddish
What is the term for a word borrowed from another language?
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Loanword
Which of these languages is a Continental Scandinavian language?
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Danish
What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
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German
What is the official language of Iceland?
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Icelandic
Which of these languages is a Bavarian language?
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Austro-Bavarian
Which of these languages is NOT an extinct Germanic language?
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Frisian
Which of the following languages is considered an East Germanic language?
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Gothic
Which of these languages is NOT a descendant of Old English?
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Scots Gaelic
What is the official language of Denmark?
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Danish
What is the official language of Luxembourg?
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Luxembourgish
Which of these languages is not an official language of Switzerland?
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Dutch
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based creole or pidgin language?
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Tok Pisin
Which of the following is a Germanic language?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is not an official language of the United States?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is an East Germanic language?
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Gothic
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based sign language?
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French Sign Language
Which of these languages is a North Germanic language?
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Icelandic
Which of these languages is not a West Germanic language?
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Swedish
What is the official language of the United Kingdom?
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English
Which of these languages is not an official language of New Zealand?
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Swedish
Which of these languages is NOT a West Germanic language?
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Icelandic
Which of these languages has the most native speakers?
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German
Which of these languages is NOT a Scandinavian language?
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Frisian
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based manual alphabet?
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Russian Manual Alphabet
Which of these is NOT a characteristic feature of Germanic languages?
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Tonal accent
Which of these languages is a Swiss German language?
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Zurich German
Which of these languages is NOT part of the Irminonic subgroup of West Germanic languages?
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Icelandic
Which of these languages is NOT a Continental Germanic language?
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Manx
Which of these languages is NOT a Germanic-based auxiliary language?
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Interlingua