GYMNASIO FERON

The European Day of Languages is a yearly

event held on 26th September. It

celebrates the linguistic diversity of a

continent with

• over 200 European languages

• 24 official EU languages

• about 60 regional/minority languages

• and many more spoken by people from

other parts of the world

What is the European Day of

Languages?

It's a chance to:

raise awareness of the

wide variety of languages in

Europe

promote cultural & linguistic

diversity

encourage people of all ages

to learn languages - knowing more

than one makes it easier to

connect with people, to find a

job and to help businesses grow

Why celebrate this day?

Who's behind it?

The European Day of Languages was

established by the European

Commission and the Council of

Europe,which represents 800

million Europeans from 47

countries. Established in 2001,

the European Year of

Languages,the Day of Languages

has been celebrated every year

since then.

European Day of Languages

QUIZ

a.Around 500

b.Around 2000

c.Around 6000

d.Around 3500

1.How many living languages are

there estimated in the world

today?

There are between 6000 and 7000 languages in

the world - spoken by six billion people divided into 189 independent

states.

a.24

b.42

c.124

d.44

2. How many official languages

are there in Europe?

The EU has

24 official

languages

3. Which are the five most spoken

languages in Europe?

a.English,Romanian,Russian,Dutch and Greek

b.English,French,Russian,Italian and German

c.English,German,French,Italian,Spanish

d.English,Polish,Lithuanian,Italian,Greek

English (51%), German(32%), French (26%),

Italian (16%) and Spanish (15%)

POLAND

POLISH FLAG

Population:38,433,600

Capital: Warsaw

POLISH LANGUAGE

Polish is a West Slavic

language and is the native

language of the Poles. There

are over 55 million Polish

language speakers around

the world. There are 46

million native speakers in

the EU

POLISH GREETINGS

POLISH TRADITIONAL

CLOTHES

POLISH TRADITIONAL

DISHES

ROMANIA

ROMANIAN FLAG

Population:19,638,000Capital:Bucharest

ROMANIAN LANGUAGE

The official language

is Romanian, a Romance

language which shares many

features with the rest of

the Western Romance

languages,

specifically Italian, French, Spa

nish, Portuguese,

and Catalan. There are native speakers in the EU

24–26 million

ROMANIAN GREETINGS

ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL

CLOTHES

SARMALE PORK GOULASH

ROMANIAN CUISINE

ITALY

ITALIAN FLAG

Population: 60,483,973

Capital: Rome

ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Italian is a Romance

language and is officially

spoken

in Italy, Switzerland, San

Marino, Vatican City . There

are 69 million native speakers in the EU

ITALIAN GREETINGS

ITALIAN TRADITIONAL

CLOTHES

LASAGNE RAVIOLI

ITALIAN CUISINE

LITHUANIA

LITHUANIAN

FLAG

Population: 2,800,667

Capital: Vilnius

LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE

Lithuanian language is

a Baltic language spoken in

the Baltic region. There are

about 2.9 million] native

Lithuanian speakers in

Lithuania and about

200,000 abroad.

LITHUANIAN GREETINGS

LITHUANIAN TRADITIONAL

CLOTHES

LITHUANIAN TRADITIONAL

CUISINE

CROATIA

CROATIAN FLAG

Population: 4,154,200

Capital: Zagreb

CROATIAN LANGUAGE

Croatian is a South Slavic

language spoken mainly in

Croatia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, the Serbian

province of Vojvodina and

the neighbouring countries

by about 5.5 million

people.

CROATIAN GREETINGS

CROATIAN TRADITIONAL

COSTUMES

Pašticada Peka

CROATIAN TRADITIONAL

FOOD