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Flashcards by Leon Nomegalul, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Leon Nomegalul
about 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Chinese? | Picto, 40000 |
| Japanese | Syllabalic, 46 |
| English, Greek, Russian, Hebrew | Alphabetic; 26,27,30-33,22 |
| Old English? | AD 450-1100 (Beowulf) |
| Middle English? | AD 1100-1500 (Chaucer) |
| Early Modern English? | AD 1500-1800 (Language of Shakespear) |
| Modern? | 1800-present |
| Root of English? | Indo-European |
| Germanic Tribes? | Angels, Saxalons, Jutes |
| Old English -> Present English? | 1/5th |
| French introduced how many words? | 10000 |
| Who invented Printing press? | Johannes Gutenburg |
| First books? | William Caxton |
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