Comparing Germanic and Romance Languages 比较日耳曼语和浪漫的语言.pptVIP

Comparing Germanic and Romance Languages(German and Spanish) By Annis Cordy, Jessica-Alice Cunliffe, Heidi Dobson, Rhys Jervis and “Daniel Webb” Spanish: Where is it spoken? The language is spoken by between 322 and 400 million people natively This includes people from countries such as : Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela Where Is German Spoken? German is the tenth most widely spoken language in the world, with a total of 123,527,178 speakers worldwide. The countries in which it is a native language include not only Germany and Austria, but also Switzerland (4.6 million speakers) and Liechtenstein (32,000 speakers). Other countries where it has official status as a widely spoken language are Luxemburg, Italy and Belgium. Smaller German speaking communities also exist in North and South America, South Africa and Australia. Variations Of German The Origins of the Spanish Language Although Spanish is a ‘romance language’ it was influenced by the Visigothic language (an East Germanic Language). It also has Arabic influence dating from 711 CE. Shortly before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americans, Spanish settlers were introduced to a host of native languages and adopted a number of words from them. The Origins of the German Language Proto-Germanic / I \ West Germanic North Germanic East Germanic / \ I / \ Anglo-Frisian Netherlandic German W.Scandinavian E.Scandinavian I Gothic / \ / \ / I \ / \ English Frisian Netherlandic German Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Danish Swedish Word Order and Translation I like it Ich mag das I like that Me gusta Me it pleases I have a yellow house Ich habe ein gelbes Haus I have a yellow house Tengo una casa amarilla I have a house yellow I go to London because I like shopping Ich fahre nach London, weil ich einkaufen