Name the three language families in Europe

Most European languages are in 3 main categories

• Germanic Languages• Romance Languages• Slavic Languages

What language do you speak?• Germanic: includes German & English;

spoken in more parts of the world than any other language

Germanic Language Group

• Has most native speakers• Native speakers live mostly in northwest and

central Europe• About 20% of Europeans speak English or

German as their native language• Most Europeans learn Englishas a second language in their schools

What language do you speak?

• Romance: includes Spanish, French & Italian; based on Latin, the language of ancient Romans

Romance Language Group• This group includes French, Italian, and

Spanish• These are found in the south and west of

Europe• These languages come from Latin, the

language of the Roman Empire• The Roman alphabet is used to write Romance

and Germanic languages

What language do you speak?

• Slavic: includes Russian; began in the area between the Baltic and Black Sea.

Slavic Language Group

• This includes Russian• They are found in central and eastern Europe• They are written with a Cyrillic Alphabet

European Day of Languages

September 26• Europe is rich in languages - there are over 200 European

languages and many more spoken by citizens whose family origin is from other continents.

• The overall objectives are to raise awareness of:– Europe’s rich linguistic diversity– the need to diversify the range of languages people speak – the need for people to develop some degree of proficiency

in two languages or more

LinguaBatStep 1: Give your LinguaBat a name (maybe something from another language that has meaning)

Step 2: Decide what countries your LinguaBat is going to visit. Your Linguabat should travel to 5 European countries so that your bat can learn 5 different languages.

Step 3: Decide your LinguaBat’s favorite words from the languages spoken there. You will need to chose 3 words or phrases for you bat to learn in each of the five languages.

Step 4:Use the language translator link on my website to translate the three phrases into the 5 different languages. Make a collage of the words on or around your bat