Question

Which of the following statements BEST describes the distribution of Indo-European languages?

(1 point)
Responses

Nearly one-fourth of the world’s people speak a language in one of the two branches of the Indo-European family.

Nearly one-fourth of the world’s people speak a language in one of the two branches of the Indo-European family.

Nearly half the world’s people speak a language in one of the four branches of the Indo-European family.

Nearly half the world’s people speak a language in one of the four branches of the Indo-European family.

About one-third of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Europe, speak a language in the Indo-European family.

About one-third of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Europe, speak a language in the Indo-European family.

Four-fifths of the world’s people speak a language in the Indo-European family, which has diffused to every continent.

Four-fifths of the world’s people speak a language in the Indo-European family, which has diffused to every continent.

Nearly half the world’s people speak a language in one of the eight branches of the Indo-European family.

Answer 1

"Nearly half the world’s people speak a language in one of the eight branches of the Indo‑European family."

This is best: Indo‑European (e.g., Indo‑Iranian, Romance, Germanic, Balto‑Slavic, Celtic, Greek, Albanian, Armenian) accounts for roughly half the global population, distributed across Europe, South Asia, the Americas, and other regions.