Romance Languages: Explore the Languages of Southern Europe and the Americas

Question 1

Which of these languages is NOT part of the Romance language family?

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German

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French

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Spanish

Question 2

Which Romance language has the largest number of native speakers globally?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 3

From which language did the Romance languages primarily originate?

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Latin

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Greek

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Germanic

Question 4

Which language does NOT belong to the Romance language family?

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German

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French

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Italian

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Catalan

Question 5

From which language did the Romance languages originate?

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Latin

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Greek

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Proto-Germanic

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Gothic

Question 6

Which Romance language is spoken in the most countries?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 7

From which language are all Romance languages believed to have evolved?

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Vulgar Latin

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Latin

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Proto-Romance

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Proto-Indo-European

Question 8

Which of the following is not a Romance language?

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German

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French

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Spanish

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Portuguese

Question 9

Romanian is unique among Romance languages due to its:

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Slavic influence

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Use of the Latin alphabet

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Subject-verb-object word order

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Use of articles

Question 10

The process by which Latin evolved into various Romance languages is known as:

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Vulgarization

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Differentiation

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Creolization

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Pidginization

Question 11

In the context of Romance languages, a cognate is:

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A word with a similar sound and meaning in multiple Romance languages

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A word that has been borrowed from another language

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A word that has changed its meaning over time

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A word that is only used in formal contexts

Question 12

Which Romance languages share the most striking similarities in vocabulary?

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Spanish and Portuguese

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French and Romanian

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Italian and Romanian

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French and Spanish

Question 13

Which defining characteristic is common to Romance languages?

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Attributive adjectives preceding nouns

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Synthetic grammar

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Analytic grammar

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Tonal pronunciation

Question 14

Which of these languages is not a Romance language?

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Basque

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French

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Spanish

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Romanian

Question 15

What historical event is generally considered to have triggered the divergence of Romance languages from Latin?

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The fall of the Roman Empire

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The Crusades

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The Renaissance

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The Industrial Revolution

Question 16

Which language family is most closely related to the Romance languages?

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Germanic

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Slavic

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Celtic

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Semitic

Question 17

Identify the Romance language with the largest number of native speakers worldwide:

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 18

Which Romance language is distinguished by a linguistic feature called 'voseo'?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Romanian

Question 19

Which of the following countries is NOT predominantly Romance-speaking?

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Germany

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France

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Spain

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Italy

Question 20

Identify the Romance language that has undergone the most substantial phonetic changes since its evolution from Latin:

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French

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Romanian

Question 21

Which Romance language has the widest global distribution, spoken in the most countries?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 22

Which of the following languages does NOT belong to the Romance language family?

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German

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Catalan

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Romanian

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Portuguese

Question 23

From which ancient language did the Romance languages originate?

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Latin

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Greek

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Celtic

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Arabic

Question 24

In a sentence structure where the verb precedes the subject, what is this sentence structure called?

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Verb-subject-object

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Subject-verb-object

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Object-subject-verb

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Subject-object-verb

Question 25

Identify the cognate, or word with a common origin, between Spanish and Portuguese:

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Casa

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Maison

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Heim

Question 26

Which Romance language is known for its extensive use of the subjunctive mood?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

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German

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French

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Italian

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Spanish

Question 28

Which Romance language is predominantly spoken in Brazil?

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Portuguese

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French

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Italian

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Romanian

Question 29

Identify a unique feature of Romanian among Romance languages.

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Slavic influences in vocabulary

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Cyrillic alphabet

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Subject-object-verb word order

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Three grammatical genders

Question 30

Which Romance language has the largest number of native speakers globally?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 31

Which historical event significantly influenced the spread of Romance languages?

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Expansion of the Roman Empire

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Viking invasions

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Rise of nation-states in Europe

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Industrial Revolution

Question 32

Which continent has the largest population of Romance language speakers?

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South America

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Europe

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Asia

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North America

Question 33

Which Romance language has the most native speakers worldwide?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 34

Which Romance language is the official language of Quebec, Canada?

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French

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 35

Which Romance language is known for its distinctive nasal vowels and has a large presence in South America?

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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French

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Italian

Question 36

Which major historical event had the most significant influence on the development of Romance languages?

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The Roman Empire

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The Renaissance

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The Protestant Reformation

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The Industrial Revolution

Question 37

Which Romance language is the official language of Brazil?

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Portuguese

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French

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Spanish

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Italian

Question 38

Which phonological feature is NOT characteristic of Romance languages?

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Vowel harmony

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Syllable-timed rhythm

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Nasal vowels

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Rhoticity

Question 39

What is the common ancestor of modern Romance languages?

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Vulgar Latin

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Old Latin

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Classical Latin

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Medieval Latin

Question 40

Which feature is unique to the French language among Romance languages?

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Pronounced liaison between words

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Absence of grammatical gender for nouns

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Extensive use of nasal vowels

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High context language

Question 41

Which Romance language has the most native speakers worldwide?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 42

What is the term for the linguistic phenomenon where words in different Romance languages share similar forms and meanings?

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Cognate

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Homonym

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Synonym

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Antonym

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

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German

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French

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Spanish

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Catalan

Question 44

What is the historical origin of Romance languages?

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Latin

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Greek

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Celtic

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Arabic

Question 45

Which Romance language is spoken in the most countries?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 46

Which feature is unique to Romanian among the Romance languages?

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Uses the Cyrillic alphabet

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Has subject-object-verb word order

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Has grammatical gender

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Uses definite and indefinite articles

Question 47

What is the term for the group of languages that includes Romance, Germanic, and Slavic languages?

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Indo-European language family

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Latin language family

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Romance language family

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Germanic language family

Question 48

Of the Romance languages, which has the most native speakers globally?

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

Question 49

In Brazil, which Romance language holds the status of official language?

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Portuguese

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French

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Spanish

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Italian

Question 50

Which option does NOT represent a primary branch of the Romance language family?

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Slavic

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Iberian

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Italo-Romance

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French

Question 51

What is the shared ancestor from which all Romance languages have descended?

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Vulgar Latin

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Classical Latin

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Ancient Greek

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Sanskrit

Question 52

Which factor played NO part in the gradual divergence of Romance languages from one another?

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The inherent stability of language

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Geographic isolation

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Political boundaries

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Cultural influences