Question

To what family does the English language belong? A) Italic B) Germanic C) Balto-Slavic D) Scandinavian

Answer 1

Answer:

English language belongs to the B) Germanic language family.

Explanation:

A language family is a group of languages that share descent from an ancestral or parental language. One of the most important families is the Germanic one: Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa that includes German, Dutch and English. In fact, English language was named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to Great Britain.

Answer 2

The West Germanic family, aka B.