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The document discusses the Spanish language and its origins and dialects. It provides the following key details: - Spanish originated in the Iberian Peninsula and evolved from Latin and the languages of the Iberians, Celts, and Carthaginians under Roman rule. - It is currently spoken by 332 million people worldwide as the official or common language in many countries. - Within Spain, there are dialects like Catalan, Euskara, Puerto Rican Spanish, and others. Dialects are variations of a language used in a specific region that do not have their own grammar rules or literature.

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The document discusses the Spanish language and its origins and dialects. It provides the following key details: - Spanish originated in the Iberian Peninsula and evolved from Latin and the languages of the Iberians, Celts, and Carthaginians under Roman rule. - It is currently spoken by 332 million people worldwide as the official or common language in many countries. - Within Spain, there are dialects like Catalan, Euskara, Puerto Rican Spanish, and others. Dialects are variations of a language used in a specific region that do not have their own grammar rules or literature.

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SPANISH LANGUAGE

EXAMPLES OF THE
LANGUAGES IN SPAIN
◦Castellan (Spanish)Catalan (a mix of Spanish and French, spoken
in areas around the border of Spain and France)Euskara (spoken
around the Basque region)
DIALECTS IN SPAIN:
Puerto Rican, Paraguayan, Columbia- Ecuador, Valenciano,
Murcian, Canario (Canary Islands)
these are only few of the many dialects spoken in spain
Some of you might be wondering what is a dialect?
Dialect Can be defined as:
A particular form of a language that is used by a specific region or
social group. IT DOES NOT have it’s own set of grammar rules or it’s
own literature.

So who speaks Spanish?


Spanish is the native language of 332 million people in the world.
Spanish is the official language of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela
and more.
In addition, it is widely spoken in several other nations, including
Canada, Morocco, the Philippines, and the United States.
Where did it originate?
The Spanish language originated in the Southwest region of Europe
known as the Iberian Peninsula. Sometime before the end of the 6th
century BC, the region's first inhabitants, the Iberians, began to mingle
with the Celts, a nomadic people from central Europe. The two groups
formed a people called the Celtiberians, speaking a form of Celtic.

The Evolution
Under Roman rule, in 19 BC, the region became known as Hispania,
and its inhabitants learned Latin from Roman traders, settlers,
administrators, and soldiers.When the classical Latin of the educated
Roman classes mixed with the pre-Roman languages of the Iberians,
Celts, and Carthaginians, a language called Vulgar Latin appearedLatin
remained the official language of government and culture until about
AD 719, when Arabic-speaking Islamic groups from Northern Africa
called Moors completed their conquest of the region.
Lets Learn some basics
Spanish English
◦ Hola ◦ Hello
◦ Adios ◦ Goodbye
◦ Por favor ◦ Please
◦ Gracias ◦ Thank you
◦ Buenos días ◦ Good morning
◦ ¿ Cómo estás? ◦ How are you?
RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE
GLAGOLITIC
◦ The Cyrillic alphabet owes its name to the 9th century Byzantine missionary St.
Cyril, who, along with his brother, Methodius, created the first Slavic alphabet
—the Glagolitic—in order to translate Greek religious text to Slavic. It is on the
basis of this alphabet that the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the First
Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD by the followers of the brothers.
◦ Based on the Greek ceremonial script, the original Cyrillic alphabet included the
24 letters of the Greek alphabet and 19 letters for sounds specific to the Slavic
language.
◦ The Cyrillic alphabet has gone through many reforms in both Russia and other
countries.
◦ Modern Russian alphabet contains 33 letters
Dialects within Russia
• Northern Russian.
• Central or Middle Russian.
• Southern Russian.

The Cyrillic Alphabet


◦ The Cyrillic Alphabet was named for St. Cyril, although there is some dispute as
to whether this is the alphabet he invented or not. Cyril was a Greek monk who,
with Methodius, brought written language to Christian converts in the mid-9th
century (c. 860) in what is now Russia.

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