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World-wide use of different languages, Indo-European, Official status:…
World-wide use of different languages
German
German belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages and is the only official language of Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, as well as one of the official languages of Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg, and includes dozens of dialects within the two branches of Highland German and Lowland German.
Region of use
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.
Language Features
In Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, German is the only official language.
German contains 30 letters, 4 of which are special letters.
German belongs to the Indo-European family of languages, the Germanic group. Other languages belonging to the same family are English, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic.
German has a total of 42 phonemes, 19 vowel phonemes and 23 consonant phonemes.
English
Main Features
English spelling in many cases does not match the pronunciation - multiple letters or letter combinations make the same sound, and the same letter combination can make multiple sounds
For example, the letter A can be pronounced with up to eight sounds
The number of unpronounced letters is particularly high
debt、ptarmigan、viscount、island、hour、indict
There are also many words with completely confusing spelling and no rules to follow
Czech、Cello、Cafe、One、mnemonic、maugham、Vaughan、chalet、debut
English has complex stress rules, and vowels in unstressed syllables are often weakly mutated. Changes in stress position sometimes lead to changes in word nature, word meaning
record (accent on the first syllable) and the verb record (accent on the second syllable).
Countries where English is the native language.
United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Bahamas, Ireland, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St. Christopher and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago
As a universal language, English is one of the working languages of the United Nations and a de facto language of international communication.
French
French is one of the six major languages spoken in the United Nations and France is one of the permanent members of the United Nations. France is a country full of romance, and therefore French has elements of that country.French has been called "the most beautiful language in the world".
Countries where this language is
spoken
France
Switzerland
Italy
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Historical origins
Although many French people believe that they are descended from the Gauls (les gaulois), today only a small amount of Celtic influence seems to remain among the French. Many of the words are derived from Latin or Germanic languages.
Spanish
Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world, after Chinese and English, with approximately 406,000,000 native speakers, according to the number of first language speakers.
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Spanish is the official language of the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations. Some of the countries that use Spanish as an official language in the 21st century are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, etc.
Spanish is derived from Folk Latin. It is now the most widespread Romance language in the world.
Indo-European
Official status: This language is protected .
the Aosta Valley Autonomous Region.
Western branch of Germanic
languages
Western Romance branch of the Romance language family
