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

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 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

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

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.

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

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

GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES: GERMANY AUSTRIA BELGIUM LIECHTENSTEIN SWITZERLAND LUXEMBOURG

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

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

Category: Romance Romance languages use the Roman alphabet.

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

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

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

Slavic languages include Russian Found in central and eastern Europe written with Cyrillic alphabet

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

Category: Slavic

SIGNS USING THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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