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SS6G11a DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Buenos días. hola. SS6G11a DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. Доброе утро. ciao. goot -en mor -gen. BONJOUR. привет. hallo. 1. In the United States English is the one dominant language (but Not there is no official Language). 200+. In Europe there are over two hundred

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SS6G11a DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

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  1. Buenos días hola SS6G11a DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Доброе утро ciao • goot-en mor-gen BONJOUR привет hallo

  2. 1 In the United States English is the one dominant language (but Not there is no official Language) 200+ In Europe there are over two hundred native languages.

  3. COMPARISON: • Larger in landmass than U.S. • Doubled in population than U.S. • One dominant language in U.S. • Europe: home to more than two hundred native languages • 3 main categories: Germanic, Romance, and Slavic

  4. Green- Germanic languages Beige- Romance languages Orange- Slavic languages

  5. GERMANIC: • Has the most native speakers • Live mostly in northwest and central Europe • 20 percent of Europeans speak one or two languages: English and German as their native language • Learn English as second language in schools even if not at home.

  6. Category: GERMANIC Germanic languages use the Roman alphabet. That’s the alphabet you learned in preschool.

  7. Category: Germanic • 162 Million European native speakers • German phrases • GutenMorgen • goot-en mor-gen • Good Morning • Guten Tag • goot-en tahk • Hello/Good Day

  8. GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES: • GERMANY • AUSTRIA • BELGIUM • LIECHTENSTEIN • SWITZERLAND • LUXEMBOURG

  9. ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES: • UNITED KINGDOM: ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, & NORTHERN IRELAND • IRELAND • MALTA

  10. ROMANCE: from the Roman (Rome, Italy) Empire NOT romance as in love • Includes French,Italian, and Spanish • Found in the south and west of Europe • Languages come from Latin, the language of the ancient RomanEmpire • Roman alphabet used to write both Romance and Germanic languages

  11. Category: Romance Romance languages use the Roman alphabet.

  12. Category: Romance • 130 Million European native speakers • Latin is no longer spoken as a native language • French greeting • Bonjour • Hello / Good day / Good morning • Italian greeting • Ciao • Hi / Hello / Bye

  13. COUNTRIES WHO SPEAK FRENCH: • FRANCE • BELGIUM • MONACO • SWITZERLAND • VATICAN CITY • ANDORRA • Parts of Italy

  14. COUNTRIES WHO SPEAK ITALIAN: • ITALY • VATICAN CITY • MONACO • SAN MARINO • SWITZERLAND

  15. SLAVIC • Slavic languages include Russian • Found in central and eastern Europe • written with Cyrillic alphabet

  16. Category: Slavic • 140 Million European native speakers • Russian is the most common Slavic language • До свидания • duh-svee-dah-nya • Good Bye • Нет • Nyet • No

  17. Category: Slavic

  18. SIGNS USING THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

  19. COUNTRIES WHO SPEAK RUSSIAN: • RUSSIA • BELARUS • ESTONIA • LATVIA • MOLDOVA • UKRAINE (THEY ALSO SPEAK UKRAINIAN, A VERSION OF RUSSIAN)

  20. HAVING MANY LANGUAGES CAN BE CHALLENGING • Difficult to live, work, and trade with people who cannot communication with each other • Europeans have worked hard to solve this problem: school children learn one or two other languages beside their own • European Union has twenty three “official” languages • English is most common

  21. Green- Germanic languages Beige- Romance languages Orange- Slavic languages

  22. 1. How are the languages of French and Italian similar? A. The two countries are close to each other. B. Both languages are Romance Languages. C. They share roots of Germanic languages.

  23. 1. How are the languages of French and Italian similar? A. The two countries are close to each other. B. Both languages are Romance Languages. C. They share roots of Germanic languages.

  24. 2. Which major European language origin has the largest number of native speakers? A. Germanic B. Romance C. Slavic

  25. Which major European language origin has the largest number of native speakers? A. Germanic B. Romance C. Slavic

  26. 3. What have Europeans done to solve the problems presented by so many different languages?A. They do not trade with people who do not speak the same language.B. Made laws that proclaim English is the only official language of the EU.C. Require students in school to learn at least two languages.

  27. 3. What have Europeans done to solve the problems presented by so many different languages?A. They do not trade with people who do not speak the same language.B. Made laws that proclaim English is the only official language of the EU.C. Require students in school to learn at least two languages.

  28. 4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire?A. English and DutchB. Russian and PolishC. LatinD. French, Italian, Spanish

  29. 4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire?A. English and DutchB. Russian and PolishC. LatinD. French, Italian, Spanish

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