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​At one time, at the beginning of history, people probably spoke the same language. As time went on, this parent language (some think that there were several parent languages) spread and changed. At first, the parent languages were spoken by small groups of people. By and by, these groups grew in numbers and there wasn't enough food for all of them, so people began to move to other places. When these tribes arrived at a new place, they spoke almost the same language as before but as time passed people began to say things a little differently. Some words that were needed in the old home were no longer needed in the new place and were dropped. New words were made to describe new experiences. Ways of making sentences changed too. And suppose the people had settled in a place where others were already living. Then the two languages blended, and both of the languages changed. At first, the speech of the new people had changed only a little from the original language.

After a long time, when there were many changes in words, sounds, and grammar, it could be consi dered a new language. In just these ways, Spanish, French and Portuguese [potju'giz] developed from Latin; and English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Dutch grew from an early form of the old Germanic language(s). The ancestor language, together with all the languages which developed from it, is called "a family" of languages.

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history

• история

• случай

• исторический

• истеричный

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language

• статья

• язык

• изучение

• лист

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small =

• tall

• huge

• long

• little

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before

• после

• до

• позади

• впереди

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almost

• примерно

• средний

• почти

• всегда

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different

• различный

• важный

• высокий

• сложный

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already

• только что

• почти

• после

• уже

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early

• поздно

• долго

• важно

• рано

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Answer: Because some words which were needed in the old home were no longer needed in the new place.

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Answer: From Latin.

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Answer: English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.

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Answer: The ancestor language, together with all the languages which developed from it.