|Question 13Verbal

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Although the language of the Olmec civilization, which flourished in southern Mexico circa 1500 BCE-400 BCE, hasn't been identified, it likely belonged to the Mixe-Zoquean family, a group of related languages whose present-day representatives are spoken in an area corresponding to ancient Olmec sites. The family can be subdivided into a Zoque branch, which includes Francisco León Zoque, and a Mixe branch, which includes Isthmus Mixe. Many words in the Mayan languages-languages spoken in the region but otherwise unrelated to the Mixe-Zoquean family are Mixe-Zoquean in origin and were likely borrowed during the period when the Olmecs dominated the entire area. Tellingly, all those words derive from the Zoque branch, suggesting that       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Isthmus Mixe and the other languages of the Mixe branch likely supplanted the languages of the Zoque branch sometime before 1500 BCE.
A
the Mixe-Zoquean family had already diverged into the Mixe and Zoque branches by the time the Olmecs became the prevailing power in the region.
B
the language of the Olmec civilization was likely the founding language of the family that includes Mayan languages.
C
the language of the Olmec civilization contributed words not only to Mayan languages but also to other languages in the Mixe-Zoquean family.
D