SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.

Cultural Characteristics of Europe

Essential Question How does the diversity (variety) of languages in Europe reflect its unique (exceptional) cultural characteristics?

1 200+ In the United States English is the one dominant language. In Europe there are over two hundred native languages.

Most languages of Europe can be categorized by its origin or where it started.

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

Category: GERMANIC Example. English and German Largest group of native speakers Northwest & Central Europe 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

Category: Romance Ex. French, Italian, and Spanish Comes from Latin (the language of the Ancient Roman Empire) South & West Europe 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

Category: Slavic Ex. Russian uses Cyrillic alphabet (not Roman alphabet) Spoken in Central & Eastern Europe: countries of Belarus and Kazakhstan

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

SIGNS USING THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

with people who cannot communicate with each other. For Europe, having so many languages can be a problem. It makes it difficult to: Work Trade Live with people who cannot communicate with each other.

These are some of the things Europe is doing to try and solve the problem of having so many languages. 1. School children learn at least 2 languages. 2. The EU (European Union) has adopted 23 “official languages”. 3. There are special laws to protect all 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

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

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.

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.

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