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English VS other languages

English VS other languages. LEI. Alejandra Rodriguez lei.ale.rodriguez@gmail.com. Contestants. English. Other languages. Arabic Chinese French German Spanish. English. Third most spoken. Official language of more than 60 countries

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English VS other languages

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  1. English VS other languages LEI. Alejandra Rodriguez lei.ale.rodriguez@gmail.com

  2. Contestants English Other languages • Arabic • Chinese • French • German • Spanish

  3. English • Third most spoken. • Official language of more than 60 countries • Important in the science world and any international organization. • Omnipresent on the internet.

  4. Arabic • Official language of 26 countries • Descendent of Afro-Asiatic • Language of Koran. • 4 dialects • Consonants only

  5. Chinese • Official language of 3 countries • First most spoken • 7 dialects • Descendent of sino-tibetian • 7000 symbols • Syllables

  6. French • Official language in 29 countries • Descendent of latin • 23 dialects • Alphabet

  7. German • Official language in 5 countries • Descendent of Germanic • 2 dialects • Alphabet

  8. Spanish • 2nd most spoken • Descendent of latin • Official language of 21 countries • Alphabet

  9. Comparison

  10. Countries and numbers

  11. Writing system Logographic + Syllabic Alphabet Abjad

  12. Alphabet and sounds

  13. Grammar It’s an approximation. Each language has a lot of details.

  14. http://www.theglobalus.com/2012/04/english-vs-all-other-languages-and.htmlhttp://www.theglobalus.com/2012/04/english-vs-all-other-languages-and.html • http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/index.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language#Phonology • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language#Phonology_2 LINKS

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