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Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
THE ORIGIN OF OUR LANGUAGE
Sir William Jones, born in 1746, was undoubtedly (1)______ of the greatest linguists who ever lived. He had an amazing talent (2)_______ languages and learnt several at a young age. By the time of his (3)_______, he had a thorough knowledge of 13 languages and knowledge of a further 28.
Apart _______ (4) studying languages, he also studied law and became a judge in India. He was fascinated by this vast subcontinent and wrote about Indian life. he also translated important works of (5)________ literature.
Jones noticed (6)________ Sanskrit, a classical Indian Language, was similar to Greek and Latin in (7)_________ number of ways. The resemblance could not be a coincidence. Several other people had also noted similarities, (8)__________ Jones was the first to suggest that these three languages had a common origin. He also suggested that they could (9)________ into one family, European and Asian languages into one family, known as Indo-European (10)_______, which included English.