Which language is this: “Je ne sais pas, mais merci beaucoup.”?
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French
Words like “merci” and many accents are typical.
💡 Did you know? French is an official language in almost 30 countries.
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By which language can you often recognise a country after just a few words? Some give themselves away by their script, others by typical letters, accents or the sound of the words. In this pack you read short sentences and phrases and match them to the right language: recognise French, Spanish, Italian, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Greek and Latin by their look and their words. Good to know: Words like “merci” and many accents are typical. French is an official language in almost 30 countries. The inverted question mark “¿” exists only in Spanish. After Mandarin it is the most-spoken native language. Many words end in vowels like -o and -a. Italian is seen as the language of music. This sentence contains every letter of the alphabet. English is the most-learned foreign language in the world. Frequent double vowels like “oo” and “ij” are typical. It is closely related to German. Nasal sounds and the character “ã” are typical. It is the official language of Brazil.
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French
Words like “merci” and many accents are typical.
💡 Did you know? French is an official language in almost 30 countries.
Spanish
The inverted question mark “¿” exists only in Spanish.
💡 Did you know? After Mandarin it is the most-spoken native language.
Italian
Many words end in vowels like -o and -a.
💡 Did you know? Italian is seen as the language of music.
English
This sentence contains every letter of the alphabet.
💡 Did you know? English is the most-learned foreign language in the world.
Dutch
Frequent double vowels like “oo” and “ij” are typical.
💡 Did you know? It is closely related to German.
Portuguese
Nasal sounds and the character “ã” are typical.
💡 Did you know? It is the official language of Brazil.
Swedish
The letters “å”, “ä” and “ö” are typical.
💡 Did you know? Swedish sounds melodic and sing-song to many.
Polish
Many consonants and characters like “ę” and “ł” are typical.
💡 Did you know? Polish is seen as tricky to pronounce.
Turkish
The dotless “ı” and the letter “ş” are typical.
💡 Did you know? Turkish is spoken by over 80 million people.
Russian
It is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
💡 Did you know? Russian is the most-spoken language in Europe.
Greek
It uses the Greek alphabet, here with letters such as “λ”, “ρ” and “ώ”.
💡 Did you know? It is one of the oldest recorded languages.
Latin
The language of ancient Rome, hardly spoken today.
💡 Did you know? It is the mother of the Romance languages.
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