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1. concerning the people or languages of Eastern Europe
Indo-European
2. a mutual, parallel, or corresponding relationship between things
Slavic
3. collectively, the languages of the Low Countries and of the northern lowlands of Germany
Semitic
4. the ancient literary language of India
Sanskrit
5. the literary and official language used throughout Germany and Austria
linguist
6. a thing that came before another
Italo-Celtic
7. a scientist who studies historical records of languages and words
correlation
8. the form of the Italic which was spoken in Italy before the Celts migrated westward
Hellenic
9. the branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes the various dialects of Greek
philologist
10. the group of languages including Hebrew and Arabic
Low German
11. having to do with a group of related languages in India, western Asia, and Europe
predecessor
12. one who studies and compares languages
High German

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Here is the correct matching of definitions to terms:

  1. concerning the people or languages of Eastern Europe - Slavic
  2. a mutual, parallel, or corresponding relationship between things - correlation
  3. collectively, the languages of the Low Countries and of the northern lowlands of Germany - Low German
  4. the ancient literary language of India - Sanskrit
  5. the literary and official language used throughout Germany and Austria - High German
  6. a thing that came before another - predecessor
  7. a scientist who studies historical records of languages and words - philologist
  8. the form of the Italic which was spoken in Italy before the Celts migrated westward - Italo-Celtic
  9. the branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes the various dialects of Greek - Hellenic
  10. the group of languages including Hebrew and Arabic - Semitic
  11. having to do with a group of related languages in India, western Asia, and Europe - Indo-European
  12. one who studies and compares languages - linguist