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Europe's Languages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the three main language families in Europe? | Germanic, Romance, and Slavic |
| Which European language has the largest number of speakers? | Germanic (English) |
| What European languages are considered "romance" languages | Spanish, Italian, French, and Romanian |
| Which language family does Russian come from? | Slavic |
| Where did European languages come from? | Ancient Indo-European 5000 years ago |
| What have Europeans done to try to solve the problem of so many languages? | Children learn multiple languages in school 23 official languages for official documents |
| French comes from which language family | Romance |
| English and German have what in common? | They both come from the Germanic language family |
| Over half of all Europeans speak which language? | English |
| Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, and Croatian are part of which language family? | Slavic |
| The Slavic language is written with a certain type of alphabet, what is the name of the alphabet? | Cyrillic Alphabet |
| The "romance" languages come from what language? | Latin |
| Spanish comes from which language family? | Romance |