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.
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.
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.

Explanation:

• The first row is about the number of first - language users of English and German. This is related to the number of speakers, so it fits in the "Speaker populations" section.
• The second row is about the origin of Spanish, French, and Romanian (descendants of Latin from ancient Rome). This is related to the history of the languages, so it fits in the "History" section.
• The third row is about the earliest attested member (Hittite) of the Indo - European language family. This is also related to the history of the language family, so it fits in the "History" section.
• The fourth row is about the areas (east and southeast of the Baltic Sea) where Latvian and Lithuanian are spoken. This is related to the geographic distribution of the languages, so it fits in the "Geographic distribution" section.

Answer:

• English and German: Speaker populations
• Spanish, French, Romanian: History
• Hittite: History
• Latvian and Lithuanian: Geographic distribution