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2. Answer the following questions

a) Where did English become a commanding language in a country of a thousand of
tones?
➢ India
b) Where can we still hear the modern English that sounds like the ancestor of
English?
➢ Netherlands / Friesland
c) How did English language take its script?
➢ The script was taken from different source languages and Latin language too.
d) How was the runic alphabet made up?
➢ The runic alphabet was made up of symbols formed mainly of straight lines
e) Who was hailed as savior of England? And why?
➢ King Alfred because he was a great defender of the English language
f) How could English language increase the richness and flexibility of the vocabulary?
➢ English language had an extraordinary ability to absorb to taking words form
other languages adding them into its vocabulary.
g) What was the language that affect English more than any other?
➢ The old Norse language
h) How many books did King Alfred translate from Latin into English?
➢ King Alfred had 5 books translated from Latin into English. They were of
religious instruction, philosophy, and history.
i) Who was the last English speaking King of England?
➢ King Harold
j) What was the first French word entering to the English language?
➢ Castle