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Identify Languages (Reading)

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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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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.

Which language is this: “¿Cómo estás, amigo? Muchas gracias.”?

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Spanish

The inverted question mark “¿” exists only in Spanish.

💡 Did you know? After Mandarin it is the most-spoken native language.

Which language is this: “Buongiorno, come stai oggi?”?

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Italian

Many words end in vowels like -o and -a.

💡 Did you know? Italian is seen as the language of music.

Which language is this: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”?

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English

This sentence contains every letter of the alphabet.

💡 Did you know? English is the most-learned foreign language in the world.

Which language is this: “Ik hou van jou, dank je wel.”?

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Dutch

Frequent double vowels like “oo” and “ij” are typical.

💡 Did you know? It is closely related to German.

Which language is this: “Obrigado, está tudo bem?”?

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Portuguese

Nasal sounds and the character “ã” are typical.

💡 Did you know? It is the official language of Brazil.

Which language is this: “Tack så mycket, vi ses snart!”?

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Swedish

The letters “å”, “ä” and “ö” are typical.

💡 Did you know? Swedish sounds melodic and sing-song to many.

Which language is this: “Dziękuję bardzo, dzień dobry!”?

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Polish

Many consonants and characters like “ę” and “ł” are typical.

💡 Did you know? Polish is seen as tricky to pronounce.

Which language is this: “Nasılsın? Teşekkür ederim.”?

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Turkish

The dotless “ı” and the letter “ş” are typical.

💡 Did you know? Turkish is spoken by over 80 million people.

Which language is this: “Спасибо большое, до свидания.”?

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Russian

It is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.

💡 Did you know? Russian is the most-spoken language in Europe.

Which language is this: “Καλημέρα, ευχαριστώ πολύ.”?

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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.

Which language is this: “Carpe diem, veni vidi vici.”?

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Latin

The language of ancient Rome, hardly spoken today.

💡 Did you know? It is the mother of the Romance languages.

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