Transcript Name! That! Language!!! - Bibb County Public School District

Name! That! Language!!!
How solid is your knowledge of Europe’s
main languages?
Which World Language?
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Listen to each audio recording.
Try to name the language that is
spoken (2 pts).
If needed, get a hint. You’ll see a
written script of the recording.
Guess again (1 pt).
Find out your result at the end.
Copy and complete the following
graphic organizer as we progress!
Language Graphic Organizer
Language
English
German
Russian
French
Italian
Language
Family
Language
Group
Estimated
Number of
Native
Speakers
Acknowledgments
The audio and text are readings from Article 1 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Visit here for the full text. Watch the video.
Readings from Librivox and the U.N.
Languages in Europe
● Europe’s population is more than DOUBLE the
population of the US
● In the US, English is the dominant language
● Europe is home to more than 200 HUNDRED
native languages
● A few language groups in Europe are dominant:
1) Germanic
2) Romance
3) Slavic
● Having so many languages can be a problem difficult to live, work and trade with people who
cannot communicate
● The European Union has 23 “official languages”!
● How to solve this “problem”? Teach
schoolchildren other languages!
Name! That! Language!!!
Name! That! Language!!!
English
The English Language
English belongs to the IndoEuropean family, Germanic group,
and is the official language of over
1.7 billion people. Native European
speakers tally over 330 million.
English is the official language of
the UK, Ireland, and European
Union.
Name! That! Language!!!
Tous les êtres humains naissent
libres et égaux en dignité et en
droits. Ils sont doués de raison et
de conscience et doivent agir les
uns envers les autres dans un
esprit de fraternité.
Name! That! Language!!!
French
The French Language
French belongs to the IndoEuropean family, Romance group,
and is the native language of about
110 million people.
Spoken in France, Belgium, and
Switzerland
Name! That! Language!!!
Все люди рождаются свободными и
равными в своем достоинстве и
правах. Они наделены разумом и
совестью и должны поступать в
отношении друг друга в духе братства.
Name! That! Language!!!
Russian
The Russian Language
Russian belongs to the IndoEuropean family, Slavic group and
is the native tongue to 144 million
people, making it the most widely
spoken Slavic language in the
world.
Spoken in Russia.
Many Slavic Languages Written with Cyrillic
Alphabet
Name! That! Language!!!
Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an
Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit
Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen
einander im Geiste der Brüderlichkeit
begegnen.
Name! That! Language!!!
German
The German Language
German belongs to the IndoEuropean family, West Germanic
group and has an estimated 100
million native speakers.
Spoken in Germany and Austria
*English is a Germanic language so it is
not surprising to find a high degree of
similarity.
Name! That! Language!!!
Tutti gli esseri umani nascono liberi
ed eguali in dignità e diritti. Essi sono
dotati di ragione e di coscienza e
devono agire gli uni verso gli altri in
spirito di fratellanza.
Name! That! Language!!!
Italian
The Italian Language
Belongs to the Indo-European family,
Romance group, and is the native
language to an estimated 60 million
people. Of all languages, Italian retains
the closest resemblance to the Latin
spoken by the Romans (Romans…
Romance… get it?).
*Spoken in Italy and Switzerland