Chapter 5 Language Review ? in Groups ? Questions to Discuss and Review for TEST A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history is? Language family A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past is? Language group A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago is? Language branch There are how many Indo-European Branches? Eight Name the 8 branches of the Germanic Language: Indo-Iranian, Romance, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, Celtic What are the two language groups under the Germanic Branch? North and West What are the 2 main languages of Latin America? Spanish and Portuguese