The most spoken languages in the world

In addition to English which was assumed by Australia, Canada, USA and Africa.

Mandarin was considered the native language most spoken in the world, about 874 million people speak this language.

1) Mandarim - China -  885 billions

2) English - USA, England, Australia, Canada, Africa - 322 millions

3) Spanish - Spain, Latin America - 266 millions

4) Portuguese - Portugal, Brazil, South Africa - 215 millions

5) Bengali - Bangladesh - 189 millions

Bernardo Horta Nº5 10LH1 

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnguas_do_mundo

British English and American English what the differences?

These two forms of English (American English and British English) are different in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling.

These are some of the words that differentiate these two types of English:

American English:

petrol

vacation

cookie

apartment

pants ...

British English:

gasoline

holidays

biscuit

flat

trousers ...

Bernardo Horta nº5 10LH1

The English culture in África

The English spread to various international countries in the world and África is one of them.
The English language began to develop in South Africa; since the country has adopted English as official language. When the British colonization in Cape Town in 1822, English was instituted as official language, so that the population began to speak that language instead of African.

Bernardo Horta Nº5 10LH1

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Google

The Google is the most used web search motor in the whole world. At the beginning, was used in English, but with success nowadays, has almost the languages of the whole world. A fact that shows us the importance of the English is that if we search anything in English it always will appear more results that if we search in one another language.

João Vitto

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C language

This programming language is something that shows us the importance of the English in the world, because the biggest part of computer programs that we use (like windows) are programmed in C. I’ve just spoken in this language because it’s the most used, but every language else ones used to programming are also written in English.

João Vitto
nº17
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Facebook

The Facebook is one of the biggest social networks. Getting close people of the whole world. The language usually used is the English wich is a universal language, and by using this language we can talk to people of other countries and with different cultures. When this website was created, the standard definitions were in English because it’s the most used language in the world.

  

João Vitto
nº17
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Erasmus

Erasmus is an international universitary back up program in European Union, consists to make students study in different countries during a semester or more. This is another reason to show the importance of the English, because it’s this language the used one to communicate between them.

João Vitto

nº17

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Dialects and languages in extinction.

  Dialects and languages die every day, especially when we live in a world linked by computers and mass media. Nowadays the universal language of popular culture and advertising (English) is killing hundreds of dialects. Linguists estimate that every two weeks another language dies, because as the mass tourism increases, the need of the home land people to survive, leads to learning English so they can talk to the tourists to convince them to buy their products, which often leads to forgetting the primary dialect and consequently leads to his death, as linguists strive to make them survive.    There are below some of the smaller languages of the world.

Guguyimidjir - Originated in the region of Hopevale, Queensland. It is also the name of the people that speak it. It has between 200-300 speakers.

Minderico- Was originate in the region of Minde,Portugal (wasn’t possible to find the number of speakers). This dialect allows members of the community (Mirenses) to talk to each other without making known the meaning of that communication to others.

Língua Nǀu- Was created by the Community of the Nǁnǂe in South Africa and it has only 10 speakers, it’s a dialect closer to the edge.

Curiositys:

Here are some of the words and their meanings in Minderico:

Zé Pedro- Bigode

Rodilha- Sogra

Renhomnhom- Gaita de foles

Pirota- Motorizada

Senhor António- Marido atraiçoado pela mulher; corno

Sofia Saloio nº26 10ºLH1

  

The English Language

The English language becomes the most important in the world after the expansion of the english economic power in the Industrial Revolution and in present all the people around the world can contact in english.

Statistical of the english language in the world:

85% - scientific publication;

75% - international communication;

80% - computer’s information;

90% - contents in english

400 million of persons have the english as native language.

Bernardo Horta nº5 10LH1
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The importance of English

   To me know how to speak  English is very important, because this way there is no need to be constantly translating songs, movies, books ,etc, because everybody speaks English.
It also makes the exchange of cultures much easier, because although we do not talk to foreigners in to their language (because it is impossible to speak every languages), we can speak with them in English, and it also makes easier to an tourist to get indications or information’s, because if the English weren’t so widespread all the pamphlets and sheets of monuments would be in the mother tongue language of the land and the tourists would have trouble understanding.

   In my opinion it would be impossible to exist as a global society as we have today without the English because it makes everything easier and more accessible, because English is one of factors that connects the different continents in a single world.

  Sofia Saloio nº26 10LH1

The longest words in Portuguese.

  Here are ten of the longest words in Portuguese. I choose this topic because it fascinated me due to the fact that I weren’t able to pronounce it and because some of the words have more than 40 letters.

   I hope that it fascinate you the way that it fascinated me.

P.S- Try to say it out loud, it will be fun or not, but you should just try it.

10. Inconstitucionalissimamente (27 letters)
Synonymous of anticonstitucionalissimamente

9. Oftalmotorrinolaringologista (28 letters)
Professional specializing in diseases of the eyes, ears, nose and throat

8. Anticonstitucionalissimamente (29 letters)
Greater adverb in Portuguese, means the highest degree of unconstitutionality

7. Monosialotetraesosilgangliosideo (32 letters)
Substance present in medications such as sinaxial and sygen

6. Hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia (33 letters)
Psychological disorder characterized by irrational fear (phobia ) to pronounce big words or complicated one’s.

5. Dimetilaminofenildimetilpirazolona (34 letters)
Active ingredient in many headache pills

4. Tetrabrometacresolsulfonoftaleína (35 letters)
Specific term in the field of chemistry

3. Piperidinoetoxicarbometoxibenzofenona (37 letters)
Substance present in medications such as Baralgin
2. Paraclorobenzilpirrolidinonetilbenzimidazol (43 letters)
Substance present in medications such as Ultraproct

1. Pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiótico (46 letters)
Relating to an acute lung disease caused by inhalation of volcanic ash.

 Sofia Saloio nº26 10ºLH1

http://blogdoeu.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/as-10-palavras-mais-compridas/Ouvir

Ler foneticamente

Portuguese in the world

 The Lusophone world (who speaks Portuguese) is currently valued between 500 and 550 million people. Portuguese is the eighth most spoken language on the planet and the third in the western Europe, after English and Castilian.

Portuguese is speaked on four continents:

América -192 millions people

Ásia -330 millions people

África- 16 millions people

Europe- 12 millions people

 Portuguese is an official language of the European Union (formerly EEC) since 1986, when Portugal was admitted to the institution. Because of agreements with the Mercosur (Southern Common Market), to which Brazil belongs, Portuguese is taught as a foreign language in other countries that participate in it.

In 1996, they created the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), linking the Portuguese-speaking countries in order to increase cooperation and cultural exchanges between member countries and to standardize and disseminate the Portuguese language.

 Portuguese is increasing all over the world, more and more people get interested in it and that makes me believe that some day Portuguese will be one of the three most spoken languages.

Sofia Saloio nº26 10ºLH1

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_portuguesa#Classifica.C3.A7.C3.A3o_e_l.C3.ADnguas_relacionadas

English Culture

When we think of the great country of the USA, is to remember what they are due to British culture. The language, customs and traditions, come all of the English colonists who settled, lived and founded the 13 major colonies. For example the day of Thanksgiving, when we think of it reminded us once the USA, but were English settlers, who died from hunger, made an alliance with the natives, and made a feast to celebrate the harvest with the natives.

FV Nº7 10LH1
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Other Languages

The world is changing, new cultures and languages, like Spanish, German, French and many others, are gaining importance, so by our development and for matters of general culture, it is necessary to learn other languages besides our mother tongue. Other languages mean more opportunities in our future careers.

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Widespread language

The English has spread, many times, from advertising, films, music, literature and many others. It became the language of diplomacy, business, and perhaps the fourth  most spoken language in the world after Mandarin.
 Mandarin-1210 milions peoples
 English-341 milions peoples

FV Nº7 10LH1

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History of english

English is caused by the junction of several dialects of different peoples, as the Jutes, Saxons, Angles and other Germanic and Celtic tribes, who invaded England after the falloff the Roman Empire. The Normans who conquered England add the French to the English language, thus forming the medieval English. The English developed, until, thanks to the mighty British Empire the English language has spread around the world.

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