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The Anglo Saxon belongs to the ___ branch of the Indo European languages.

AEaster Sanskrit

BCeltic

CPrimitive Germanic

DRomanic

Answer:

C. Primitive Germanic

Read Explanation:

Anglo-Saxon (Old English) belongs to the West Germanic branch, which comes from Primitive (Proto) Germanic, a branch of the Indo-European language family.

  • Eastern Sanskrit is not a language branch but relates to Indo-Iranian languages.

  • Celtic is a separate branch of Indo-European.

  • Romanic (more commonly called Romance) includes languages like Latin, Spanish, French.


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