English Language Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the English language?

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Last updated: April 26, 2023

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First submitted	April 25, 2023
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Hint	Answer
Language family	Indo-European
Branch thereof	Germanic
Script	Latin
The Germanic people English is named after	Angles
Country where the above originated	Denmark
Island where their language originated	Great Britain
The main Indo-European branch spoken on the above before this	Celtic
The three forms of the language that evolved over time	Old English
	Middle English
	Modern English
The largest vowel shift in English, influencing all dialects	Great Vowel Shift
Poet regarded as the greatest writer in the English language	William Shakespeare
Poet called the father of English literature	Geoffrey Chaucer
Dialects of English most commonly considered "standard"	General American
Dialects of English most commonly considered "standard"	Recieved Pronunciation
The only other extant language descended from Middle English, sometimes considered a dialect	Scots
The majority of English's vocabulary comes from this other Indo-European branch, including French and Latin	Italic
French dialect which most influenced the vocabulary of English	Anglo-Norman
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	Australia
	Canada
	Ireland
	New Zealand
	United Kingdom
	United States
Any country with more than 100 million non-native speakers of English	India \| Nigeria \| Pakistan
Country with the best non-native speakers of English according to the EF English Proficiency index	Netherlands

Level 59

Apr 25, 2023

What is Gen American and Receive Pronounce?

Level 65

Apr 25, 2023

General American is the variety considered standard in North America, apparently from somewhere in the Midwest. Received Pronunciation AKA the Queen's English is standard in the UK.

Level 59

Apr 25, 2023

Accept American and Norman?

Level 65

Apr 25, 2023

Sure.

Level 59

Apr 25, 2023

And British?

Level 56

Apr 26, 2023

Is it called the King's English now, do you think? That somehow sounds wrong to me :-S