Language History

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Across
  1. 1. Each symbol corresponds to roughly one word or concept
  2. 6. The people who brought English to the British isles
  3. 8. Middle-Eastern language with a heavy influence on Spanish
  4. 10. Most common Sino-Tibetan language
  5. 12. The ____ theory for the spread of Indo-European through violent conquest
  6. 13. Caliphate that conquered Spain in the 700s CE
  7. 15. Chinese symbols/letters
  8. 16. Language of the Vikings
  9. 17. Form of language specific to one place or group
  10. 18. The ___ conquest lead to French influence on English
Down
  1. 2. Main reason why French and Spanish are widely spoken in N./S. America
  2. 3. Language family descended from Latin
  3. 4. Form of Latin spoken by common people
  4. 5. Most common Chinese language family
  5. 7. Geoffrey ___, author of The Canterbury Tales, important Old English literature
  6. 9. Common ancestor of all European/Indian languages
  7. 11. Language family that English belongs to
  8. 14. The ____ hypothesis for the spread of Indo-European through peaceful farming