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Which of the following is not a branch of the Indo-European family?
 
  A) Indo-Iranian
  B) Germanic
  C) Balto-Slavic
  D) Romance
  E) Dravidian

Question 2

Which of the following is true of a language group?
 
  A) It is a collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago
  B) It is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
  C) It is a group of people for whom the language is their first language.
  D) It is a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary
  E) No language group has fewer than 4 billion speakers



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: E

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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