Different language, different world

Global Linguistic Diversity Globe: 6,000 Languages (in oral use) Unesco Language Vitality Index (2009): more than 2,500 languages (in oral use) endangered / threatened with extinct in 21st century

Unesco Language Vitality

International organisations United Nations (195 member states): 6 working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish Council of Europe (47 member states): 6 working languages: English, French (documents) German, Italian, Russian, Spanish (interpretation)

European Linguistic Diversity

Multilingualism in europe and linguistic diversity. The five languages more spoken in Europe: Russian German English French Italian

Multilingualism in europe and linguistic diversity.

Indo-European Language Tree The Indo-European language family developed as a result of migration and subsequent isolation of people that can only be reconstructed through linguistic and archaeological theories.

Individual bi- and plurilingualism 65% of world population uses more than one language in every day life 10% of EU population speaks a minority language Millions of migrant language speakers

Internet Hosts, by Language Fig 5-1-1a: The large majority of internet hosts in 1999 used English, Chinese, Japanese, or European languages.

The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and most durable that can unite mankind

Benefits of multilingual Wider world perspective Economic advantages: proficiency in another language often open up more job option More creative:it make us thinking more flexible and creative Bridge building

INDIA There are 22 Official language, 29 states with their distinct tradition and culture. There are more than 300 less widely spoken languages and thousands of dialects. Hindi and English is used in major urban areas

China National language potonghua, which is known in West as Standard Madarin There are more than 200 local dialects. There are dialects of Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sanghai and so on.

United Kingdom More than 300 languages are spoken in London alone English language is the standard language of the country There are many dialects and accents

Diversity is … Three sources of diversity 1. demographic characteristic  culture, ethnicity, language, age, gender, social class, religion 2. personal characteristics  age, gender, communication style, economic background, personality 3. abilities and skills  social and technical (Johnson & Johnson, 2009, pp )