Expansion of Germanic L4

Who wa the first to write bout Germanic people?

• Pytheas

• Julius Caesar

• Pliny the Elder

• Tacitus

According to (a)   , Germanic tribes in the 1^st century A.D. consisted of 6 groups

The language of ... tribe was Eatern German.

• ISCAEVONES

• INGAEONES

• VINDILI

• HERMIONES

1.     .......inhabited the southern part of Germanic territory, i.e. what is now southern Germany.

• žIngaevones

   

• Istaevones

• Hilleviones

• HERMIONES

the HILLEVIONES, who lived in....

• Scandinavia

• eastern part of Germanic territory

• the shores of the Northern sea, including what is now the Netherlands

... were first Teutons to become Christian.

(a)  

In the 4^th century Ulfilas, a West Gothic bishop, made a translation of the  Gospels (Bible) from Greek into Gothic using a modified form of the Greek alphabet.

• True

• False

....is one of the earliest texts in the languages of the Germanic group which represents a form of language very close to Proto-Germanic and therefore throws lights on the pre-written stages of history of all the languages of the Germanic group.

• runic inscriptions in Scandinavia

• Ulfilas’ Gospels

• both correct

After the 9th century (a)   devided žinto separate dialects and languages : Old Danish, Old Norwegian and Old Swedish.

Another offshoot of High German is ..... which grew from the High German dialects, which were adopted by numerous Jewish communities

• Flemish

• Yiddish

•  Dutch

• Netherlandish