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

2. 1 200+ 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. 3 main categories: Germanic, Romance, and Slavic
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. Has the most native speakers
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
Guten Morgen
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 Roman Empire
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 French greeting
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 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:
BELARUS
ESTONIA
LATVIA
MOLDOVA
UKRAINE (THEY ALSO SPEAK UKRAINIAN, A VERSION OF RUSSIAN)

20. GERMAN ENGLISH RUSSIAN FRENCH ITALILAN IRELAND BELARUS BELGIUM ITALY
AUSTRIA
IRELAND
BELARUS
BELGIUM
ITALY
MALTA
ESTONIA
FRANCE
SAN MARINO
GERMANY
UNITED KINGDOM
LATVIA
MONACO
LIECHTENSTEIN
MOLDOVA
VATICAN CITY
SWITZERLAND
RUSSIA
UKRAINE

21. 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

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

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

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

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. 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.

29. 4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire. A
4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire? A. English and Dutch B. Russian and Polish C. Latin D. French, Italian, Spanish

30. 4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire. A
4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire? A. English and Dutch B. Russian and Polish C. Latin D. French, Italian, Spanish