Question

It is believed that the original Indo- European has split up into __ distinct language groups.

• A. Five
• B. Six
• C. Seven
• D. Eight

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Eight

It is generally believed that the original Indo-European language split into eight distinct language groups (branches), which typically include:

1. Indo-Iranian

2. Greek

3. Italic (including Latin and Romance languages)

4. Celtic

5. Germanic

6. Balto-Slavic

7. Armenian

8. Albanian

(Some classifications may vary slightly, but eight is the commonly accepted number.)