Question

a student is writing a report about the indo - european language family, a group of related languages. read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.
the earliest attested member of the indo - european language family is hittite, which is now extinct.
latvian and lithuanian are spoken in areas east and southeast of the baltic sea.
english has more than three hundred and forty million first language users, and german has ninety - five million first language users.
spanish, french, and romanian are descendants of latin, which was spoken in ancient rome.

Explanation:

• The first statement is about the earliest attested member of the Indo - European language family (Hittite), which is related to the history of the language family.
• The second statement mentions where Latvian and Lithuanian are spoken (east and southeast of the Baltic Sea), which is about geographic distribution.
• The third statement gives the number of first - language users of English and German, which is related to speaker populations.
• The fourth statement is about the origin (descendants of Latin spoken in ancient Rome) of Spanish, French, and Romanian, which is related to history.

Answer:

1. History
2. Geographic distribution
3. Speaker populations
4. History