Languages of Europe
Languages of Europe
SS6G11a – Explain the diversity of European languages as seen in comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.
The continent of Europe is a little larger than the USA in land area.
Europe’s population doubles the population of the USA
Europe is the home of two hundred native languages.
Most European languages are in three categories: Germanic, Romance, and Slavic.
Germanic languages
This language has the most native speakers.
Native speakers live mostly in the Northwest and central Europe.
Main Germanic languages are English or German.
Romance Languages
These languages are found in south and west Europe.
The languages come from Latin, the language of the ancient Roman Empire.
French, Spanish and Italian are considered Romance languages.
Slavic Languages
Slavic languages are found in central and eastern Europe
Sometimes their languages are written with a Cyrillic alphabet.
This language includes Russian
Problems with so many languages
It is difficult to live, work and trade with people who cannot communicate with each other.
To solve this problem most school children learn one to two other languages besides their own.
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