What main groups are Germanic languages classified into?

• Southern Germanic, Central Germanic, Northern Germanic
• West Slavic, East Slavic, South Slavic
• Romance, Celtic, Hellenic
• East-vindili,North-hilleviones,West-ingvaeons,istaevones, herminones Germanic languages

Which period is called as Old English in the history of the language?

• 5th - end of the 11th

• Modern English period (1500 AD to present)
• Middle English period (1150 AD to 1500 AD)
• Anglo-Saxon period (400 AD to 500 AD)

What are the motivations of changes in the History of the language? External and internal

• economic

• Internal

• External and internal

• political

How many groups did Germanic tribes consist in the 1st century A.D. according to Pliny?6, the vindili,the ingvaeons,the istkveoni,the germioni,the gellivioni

• 6, the vindili,the ingvaeons,the istkveoni,the germioni,the gellivioni

• 4, the istkveoni,the germioni,the gellivioni

• 3, he istkveoni,the germioni,the gellivioni

• 7

Who characterized the social structure of the world Germanic tribes around 100 A.D. next after Pliny?

• Caesar
• Tacitus
• Augustus
• Nero

The information of the Teutons is based on arguments by and authors

• Socrates and Plato
• Julius Caesar and Herodotus
• Virgil and Ovid
• Greek and Romans

Who took two expeditions against the Teutons?

• Scipio Africanus
• Gaius Marius
• Julius Caesar
• Hannibal

Who offered explanation of exceptions to Grimm's law in 1877?

• Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Ferdinand de Saussure
• August Schleicher
• Carl Verner

How many and what alphabets did Germanic tribes use for their writings?

• The Germanic tribes used the Cyrillic alphabet exclusively.
• Germanic tribes used 3 different alphabets for their writings: 1.The Runic alphabet; 2.The Ulfilas Gothic alphabet;

  3. The Latin alphabet.

• The Germanic tribes used only the Greek alphabet.
• The Germanic tribes had a single alphabet with 10 characters.

The earliest long manuscript of old Germanic texts is….

• Codex Sinaiticus
• Codex Vaticanus
• Ulfilas’ Gospels (Silver Codex)

• Codex Gigas