1. Languages 1

2. 8-24-16 Social Studies Opening
Read pages in the Red-orange Social Studies book.
Then, answer the two “Assessment” questions at the bottom of page 91.
Don’t turn it in. (Just hold on to it for a minute.)

3. Importance of Language
Language gives people the ability to share information and ideas
Languages can keep cultures apart
Language differences can keep countries apart by preventing communication

4. There are three major language groups you need to be familiar with this year:2

5. GERMANIC ROMANCE SLAVIC3
GERMANIC ROMANCE SLAVIC

6. Germanic Language Family
Made up of about 48 different languages
Spoken by about 500 million people today
Mainly in North America, Oceania, and Central, Western, and Northern Europe
Examples:
English (400 million)
German (100 million) Dutch (23 million)

7. Romance Language Family
Sometimes called the Latin languages because they come from Latin
More than 800 million people are native speakers worldwide
Spoken mostly in southern and western Europe and Latin America
Examples:
Spanish (410 million)
Portuguese (216 million)
French (75 million)
Italian (60 million),

8. Romance Language Family

9. Slavic Language Family
Spoken by about 315 million people
Mostly in central and eastern Europe
Examples:
Russian (145 million)
Polish (38 million)