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5ad27fc4d7d075001a42978b
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The German Empire conquered Ukraine during World War I and was planning on either annexing it or installing a puppet king, but was defeated by the Entente, with major involvement by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks. After conquering the rest of Ukraine from the Whites, Ukraine joined the USSR and was enlarged (gaining Crimea a...
When was the Ukraine planning on installing a puppet king?
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5ad27fc4d7d075001a42978c
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The German Empire conquered Ukraine during World War I and was planning on either annexing it or installing a puppet king, but was defeated by the Entente, with major involvement by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks. After conquering the rest of Ukraine from the Whites, Ukraine joined the USSR and was enlarged (gaining Crimea a...
Who defeated the Entente during World War I?
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5ad27fc4d7d075001a42978d
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The German Empire conquered Ukraine during World War I and was planning on either annexing it or installing a puppet king, but was defeated by the Entente, with major involvement by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks. After conquering the rest of Ukraine from the Whites, Ukraine joined the USSR and was enlarged (gaining Crimea a...
By who was the Entente conquered during World War I?
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5ad27fc4d7d075001a42978e
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The German Empire conquered Ukraine during World War I and was planning on either annexing it or installing a puppet king, but was defeated by the Entente, with major involvement by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks. After conquering the rest of Ukraine from the Whites, Ukraine joined the USSR and was enlarged (gaining Crimea a...
Who conquered the Ukraine during World War II?
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56e8368700c9c71400d7765b
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
After what war did Moscow begin to repress the Ukrainian language?
{ "text": [ "World War II" ], "answer_start": [ 6 ] }
56e8368700c9c71400d7765c
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
Why did Moscow begin to repress the Ukrainian language?
{ "text": [ "Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
56e8368700c9c71400d7765d
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
Why did Ukrainians collaborate with the Axis?
{ "text": [ "to gain independence" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
5ad27f44d7d075001a42975c
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
What happened to Moscow policy after World War I?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27f44d7d075001a42975d
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
When did the Ukraine change its policy towards repression of the Moscow language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27f44d7d075001a42975e
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
When did collaboration between Moscow and the Axis powers cause the Ukraine to change policies?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27f44d7d075001a42975f
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
Whose collaboration caused Moscow to change its policy regarding independence?
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5ad27f44d7d075001a429760
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After World War II, due to Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers in an attempt to gain independence, Moscow changed its policy towards repression of the Ukrainian language.
Who was in collaboration with Moscow?
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56e836b537bdd419002c449c
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
In what country is the Surzhyk dialect spoken?
{ "text": [ "Ukraine" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
56e836b537bdd419002c449d
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
Surzhyk is a dialect intermediate between the Ukrainian language and what other language?
{ "text": [ "Russian" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
5ad27e63d7d075001a429712
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
The boundaries between which languages are clearly known?
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5ad27e63d7d075001a429713
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
What is the name for the intermediate dialect formed between Surzhyk and the Russian language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27e63d7d075001a429714
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
What is the name for the intermediate dialect formed between Surzhyk and the Ukranian language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27e63d7d075001a429715
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Today the boundaries of the Ukrainian language to the Russian language are still not drawn clearly, with an intermediate dialect between them, called Surzhyk, developing in Ukraine.
What is the name for the intermediate dialect developing in Russia?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e8372c37bdd419002c44a0
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
Who was the president of Moldova in 1996?
{ "text": [ "Mircea Snegur" ], "answer_start": [ 241 ] }
56e8372c37bdd419002c44a1
Dialect
There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
In what year was a Moldovan-Romanian dictionary published?
{ "text": [ "2003" ], "answer_start": [ 310 ] }
56e8372c37bdd419002c44a2
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
Fear of what caused the Moldovan parliament to reject changing the name of the country's language to Romanian in 1996?
{ "text": [ "Romanian expansionism" ], "answer_start": [ 182 ] }
56e8372c37bdd419002c44a3
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
Who was the head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova?
{ "text": [ "Ion Bărbuţă" ], "answer_start": [ 605 ] }
5ad27c13d7d075001a42967a
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
Political purposes have been reclassified to deliberately do what?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27c13d7d075001a42967b
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
When did the Moldovan parliament approve a proposal from President Snegur?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27c13d7d075001a42967c
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
When was President Moldovan's proposal rejected by parliament?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27c13d7d075001a42967d
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
What did the Academy of Science declare regarding Moldovan words?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27c13d7d075001a42967e
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There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is Moldovan. In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Mol...
When was the Romanian-Academy dictionary published?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e8379037bdd419002c44a8
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
From what did Chinese characters derive?
{ "text": [ "logograms" ], "answer_start": [ 111 ] }
56e8379037bdd419002c44a9
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
What is another name for the Yue language?
{ "text": [ "Cantonese" ], "answer_start": [ 559 ] }
56e8379037bdd419002c44aa
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
Hakka is a language from what geographic part of China?
{ "text": [ "the south" ], "answer_start": [ 452 ] }
56e8379037bdd419002c44ab
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
From the time of the Ming dynasty, what city was the capital of China?
{ "text": [ "Beijing" ], "answer_start": [ 663 ] }
56e8379037bdd419002c44ac
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
At its founding. what was the official language of the Republic of China?
{ "text": [ "Standard Mandarin" ], "answer_start": [ 828 ] }
5ad27b63d7d075001a429652
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
What do Chinese characters use to give hints to pronunciation?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27b63d7d075001a429653
Dialect
Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
What is another name for the Xiang language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27b63d7d075001a429654
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
Where is Macau the most commonly used language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27b63d7d075001a429655
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
Which language is the most commonly used in Cantonese?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27b63d7d075001a429656
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Unlike most languages that use alphabets to indicate the pronunciation, Chinese characters have developed from logograms that do not always give hints to its pronunciation. Although the written characters remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions ...
What do most languages use to indicate varieties?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e837f437bdd419002c44b2
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
From the perspective of historical linguists, what are Romance languages dialects of?
{ "text": [ "Latin" ], "answer_start": [ 207 ] }
56e837f437bdd419002c44b3
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
What do many historical linguists consider modern Greek to be a dialect of?
{ "text": [ "Ancient Greek" ], "answer_start": [ 243 ] }
56e837f437bdd419002c44b4
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
From what language is North Germanic derived?
{ "text": [ "Old Norse" ], "answer_start": [ 327 ] }
56e837f437bdd419002c44b5
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
Tok Pisin might be regarded as a dialect of what language?
{ "text": [ "English" ], "answer_start": [ 284 ] }
5ad27318d7d075001a4294ae
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
What do few historical linguists view any speech form as?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27318d7d075001a4294af
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
According to this few, what language is Latin a dialect of?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27318d7d075001a4294b0
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
According to this few, what language is Ancient Greek a dialect of?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27318d7d075001a4294b1
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
According to this few, what language is Old Norse a dialect of?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27318d7d075001a4294b2
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Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.[citation needed] This point of view sees the modern Romance languages as dialects of Latin, modern Greek as a dialect of Ancient Greek, Tok Pisin as a dialect of English, and North Germanic as diale...
According to this few, what language is English a dialect of?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e83b4c00c9c71400d77661
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
Italian is significantly mutually comprehensible with what other Romance language?
{ "text": [ "Spanish" ], "answer_start": [ 318 ] }
56e83b4c00c9c71400d77662
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
With what romance language does Spanish not have a high degree of mutual comprehensibility?
{ "text": [ "French" ], "answer_start": [ 411 ] }
56e83b4c00c9c71400d77663
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
What is the reason for French and Italian not being very mutually comprehensible?
{ "text": [ "French having undergone more rapid and more pervasive phonological change" ], "answer_start": [ 620 ] }
5ad272b2d7d075001a4294a4
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
This pattern is particularly lacking among which modern languages?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad272b2d7d075001a4294a5
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
Which languages have a low degree of mutual comprehensibility?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad272b2d7d075001a4294a6
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
What do both the Italian and Spanish languages share with the French language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad272b2d7d075001a4294a7
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
What is French-Spanish and Spanish-Italian mutual incomprehensibility due to?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad272b2d7d075001a4294a8
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This can give rise to the situation in which two dialects (defined according to this paradigm) with a somewhat distant genetic relationship are mutually more readily comprehensible than more closely related dialects. In one opinion, this pattern is clearly present among the modern Romance languages, with Italian and Sp...
Which two languages share numerous root words that aren't even in the Romance language?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e83bdf37bdd419002c44ba
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
What Italian word is similar to the French word "avoir"?
{ "text": [ "avere" ], "answer_start": [ 205 ] }
56e83bdf37bdd419002c44bb
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
What French word is similar to the Italian word "essere"?
{ "text": [ "être" ], "answer_start": [ 310 ] }
56e83bdf37bdd419002c44bc
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
What two languages have the possibility for significant mutual intelligibility?
{ "text": [ "Italian and Spanish" ], "answer_start": [ 454 ] }
56e83bdf37bdd419002c44bd
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
Along with foods and family relationships, what sorts of words are similar in French and Italian?
{ "text": [ "body parts" ], "answer_start": [ 92 ] }
56e83bdf37bdd419002c44be
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
When forming compound tenses in Spanish, what auxiliary is no longer used?
{ "text": [ "sere" ], "answer_start": [ 219 ] }
5ad27222d7d075001a429486
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
In Italian and French which words are very different while the same words are similar in Spanish?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27222d7d075001a429487
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
Which two languages have undergone more change than French regarding phonological structures?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27222d7d075001a429488
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
What Spanish word is similar to the Italian word avere?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27222d7d075001a429489
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
Which Spanish word is similar to the Italian word essere?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27222d7d075001a42948a
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For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spa...
Which Italian term is similar to avoir?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
56e83cb337bdd419002c44c4
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
What language could all Western languages be considered dialects of?
{ "text": [ "Interlingua" ], "answer_start": [ 14 ] }
56e83cb337bdd419002c44c5
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
Researchers at what organization study and develop Interlingua?
{ "text": [ "International Auxiliary Language Association" ], "answer_start": [ 375 ] }
56e83cb337bdd419002c44c6
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
What was the nationality of high school students who learned Interlingua in a notable linguistic experiment?
{ "text": [ "Swedish" ], "answer_start": [ 910 ] }
56e83cb337bdd419002c44c7
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
Along with Italian and Spanish, what language could Swedish Interlingua learners translate?
{ "text": [ "Portuguese" ], "answer_start": [ 1006 ] }
56e83cb337bdd419002c44c8
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
Along with Standard Average European, from what concept was Interlingua derived?
{ "text": [ "the international scientific vocabulary" ], "answer_start": [ 144 ] }
5ad27192d7d075001a42945e
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
Which language was developed to aid Eastern civilization languages in acting as dialects?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27192d7d075001a42945f
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One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
What is the name of the language that was created to help Western languages act as English?
{ "text": [], "answer_start": [] }
5ad27192d7d075001a429460
Dialect
One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
What has Interlingua been found to be a detriment to?
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Dialect
One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
According to one study, students learning Spanish were able to translate passages from which languages that other students could not?
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Dialect
One language, Interlingua, was developed so that the languages of Western civilization would act as its dialects. Drawing from such concepts as the international scientific vocabulary and Standard Average European, linguists[who?] developed a theory that the modern Western languages were actually dialects of a hidden o...
Which languages' vocabulary does not reach beyond the Western family of languages?
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Bern
The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] Wit...
Where is Bern located?
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Bern
The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] Wit...
How many municiplaities are in Bern?
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Bern
The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] Wit...
Bern is the capitol of which canton?
{ "text": [ "Canton of Bern" ], "answer_start": [ 602 ] }
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Bern
The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] Wit...
Where does Bern rank in population in Switzerland?
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Bern
The official language of Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic Swiss German dialect called Bernese German.
What is the official language of Bern?
{ "text": [ "German" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
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Bern
In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).
Where is the UNESCO World Heritage Site?
{ "text": [ "centre of Bern" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
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Bern
In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).
Where does Bern rank for top cities for the best quality of life?
{ "text": [ "top ten" ], "answer_start": [ 122 ] }
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Bern
In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).
When did the centre of Bern become the UNESCO World Heritage Site?
{ "text": [ "1983" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
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Bern
The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain. According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear. It has long been considered likely that the city was n...
What animal is on the seal and coat of arms of Bern?
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Bern
The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain. According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear. It has long been considered likely that the city was n...
What live animals did they keep in the Bärengraben?
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Bern
The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain. According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear. It has long been considered likely that the city was n...
What is the earliest that they kept live bears in the Bärengraben?
{ "text": [ "1440s." ], "answer_start": [ 787 ] }
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Bern
No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. In antiquity, a Celtic oppidum stood on the Engehalbinsel (peninsula) north of Bern, fortified since the 2nd century BC (late La Tène period), thought to be one of the twelve oppida...
When was the earliest evidnce of settlement in the city centre?
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Bern
No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. In antiquity, a Celtic oppidum stood on the Engehalbinsel (peninsula) north of Bern, fortified since the 2nd century BC (late La Tène period), thought to be one of the twelve oppida...
What era was there a Gallo-Roman vicus on the same site?
{ "text": [ "Roman era" ], "answer_start": [ 369 ] }
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Bern
No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. In antiquity, a Celtic oppidum stood on the Engehalbinsel (peninsula) north of Bern, fortified since the 2nd century BC (late La Tène period), thought to be one of the twelve oppida...
What is the name of the Bern zinc tablet?
{ "text": [ "Brenodor" ], "answer_start": [ 462 ] }
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Bern
No archaeological evidence that indicates a settlement on the site of today′s city centre prior to the 12th century has been found so far. In antiquity, a Celtic oppidum stood on the Engehalbinsel (peninsula) north of Bern, fortified since the 2nd century BC (late La Tène period), thought to be one of the twelve oppida...
When was the settlement in Bumpliz close to the medieval city?
{ "text": [ "Early Middle Ages" ], "answer_start": [ 501 ] }
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Bern
The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
The medieval city is a foundation of what family?
{ "text": [ "Zähringer" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
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Bern
The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
When did the Zahringer ruling family rise to power?
{ "text": [ "12th century" ], "answer_start": [ 111 ] }
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Bern
The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
Where did the Zahringer ruling family rise to power?
{ "text": [ "Upper Burgundy" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
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Bern
The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
What year was Bern founded?
{ "text": [ "1191" ], "answer_start": [ 212 ] }
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Bern
The medieval city is a foundation of the Zähringer ruling family, which rose to power in Upper Burgundy in the 12th century. According to 14th century historiography (Cronica de Berno, 1309), Bern was founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen.
Who founded Bern?
{ "text": [ "Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen" ], "answer_start": [ 220 ] }
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Bern
In 1353 Bern joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of the eight cantons of the formative period of 1353 to 1481. Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories; thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps, by the 18th century comprising most of what i...
what year did Bern join the Swiss Confederacy?
{ "text": [ "1353" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
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Bern
In 1353 Bern joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of the eight cantons of the formative period of 1353 to 1481. Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories; thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps, by the 18th century comprising most of what i...
How many cantons were there between 1353 to 1481?
{ "text": [ "8" ], "answer_start": [ 114 ] }
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Bern
In 1353 Bern joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of the eight cantons of the formative period of 1353 to 1481. Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories; thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps, by the 18th century comprising most of what i...
What year did Bern invade Aargau?
{ "text": [ "1415" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
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Bern
In 1353 Bern joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of the eight cantons of the formative period of 1353 to 1481. Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories; thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps, by the 18th century comprising most of what i...
What is the largest city-state north of the Alps?
{ "text": [ "Bern" ], "answer_start": [ 8 ] }
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Bern
The city grew out towards the west of the boundaries of the peninsula formed by the River Aare. The Zytglogge tower marked the western boundary of the city from 1191 until 1256, when the Käfigturm took over this role until 1345. It was, in turn, succeeded by the Christoffelturm (formerly located close to the site of th...
What river was the city near?
{ "text": [ "River Aare" ], "answer_start": [ 84 ] }
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Bern
The city grew out towards the west of the boundaries of the peninsula formed by the River Aare. The Zytglogge tower marked the western boundary of the city from 1191 until 1256, when the Käfigturm took over this role until 1345. It was, in turn, succeeded by the Christoffelturm (formerly located close to the site of th...
What was the name of the tower that was the western boundary?
{ "text": [ "Zytglogge" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }