European Languages

1. European Languages: German,
English, Italian, French and
Russian

2. How do the languages
of Europe contribute to
diversity?

3. •Sharing a language is one of the
strongest unifying forces for a
culture.

4. European Languages
•People who speak the same
language share the same or
similar culture are usually
in the the same:
Social group
Ethnic group
Religious group

5. Language and Culture
•When people move they bring
their language, customs, and
traditions with them
Cultural diversity- when a nation
or region has many differing
races, ethnic groups, languages,
and/or religions

6. German
•Official language of both Germany and Austria
•Many dialects of German are spoken in Germany
and other nations in Europe
•Two basic groups formed because of geography
▫Low German in the north
▫High German in the south

7. Greek
•Greek was the major language
of the ancient world and evolved
into the language spoken today
•Greek has a history that is
the longest of any of the
European languages

8. The Greek Alphabet
•Alpha 2. Beta 3. Gamma 4. Delta 5.
Epsilon 6. Zeta 7. Eta 8. Theta 9. Iota
10. Kappa 11. Lambda 12. Mu 13. Nu
14. Xi 15. Omicron 16. Pi 17. Rho 18.
Sigma 19. Tau 20. Upsilon 21. Phi 22.
Chi 23. Psi 24. Omega

9. Slavonic Languages
•Slavic people speak three different Slavonic
languages depending on where they live.
•Eastern Slavonic languages are the basis of three
modern languages:
Ukrainian
Belarusian
Russian
•Other Slavonic language people could speak to one
another, but they did not have a written language

11. French and Italian Languages
•French and Italian both trace their roots to Latin
•“Romanica Loqui” – “means to speak in Roman
fashion”
•This is why
French and Italian
are referred to
as Romance
languages

12. French and Italian Languages cont.
•Today:
oFrench is the official language of France
Also spoken widely in Belgium and
Switzerland
o
Italian is the official language of Italy
Spoken in Switzerland, too