What do people think of Russia? Russian What do people think of Russia? 03/22/16

Russian What do people think of Russia? Cold and gray Vodka drunks Poor Bad government 03/22/16

What do people think of Russian language? 03/22/16

Russian What do people think of Russian language? Ugly sounding Cold Complicated 03/22/16

Russian 03/22/16

Russian words in English Kremlin Cosmonaut Vodka Glasnost Tsar Soviet 03/22/16

Russian Russian words in English, not so Russian Beluga Bridge (game) Babuschka Intelligentsia Mammoth Tundra 03/22/16

Russian R 03/22/16

Russian R 03/22/16

Russian Russian Literature War and Peace Crime and Punishment Dr. Zhivago The Brothers Karamazov 03/22/16

Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) 03/22/16

Icelandic Who settled Iceland? 03/22/16

Who settled Iceland? Norse, Vikings, Scandinavians Icelandic Who settled Iceland? Norse, Vikings, Scandinavians 03/22/16

What languages is it related to? Icelandic What languages is it related to? 03/22/16

What languages is it related to? Icelandic What languages is it related to? 03/22/16

Icelandic Why is it interesting? 03/22/16

Why is it interesting? It hasn't changed much due to isolation Icelandic Why is it interesting? It hasn't changed much due to isolation 03/22/16

Icelandic Lord's Prayer Icelandic: Faðir vor, þú sem ert á himnum. Old Norse: Faþer vár es ert í himenríki Icelandic: Til komi þitt ríki Old Norse: Til kome ríke þitt 03/22/16

Icelandic Lord's Prayer English: Our Father which art in heaven Old English: Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum English: Hallowed be thy name Old English: Si þin nama gehalgod 03/22/16

Lord's Prayer in Old English (1100AD) Icelandic Lord's Prayer in Old English (1100AD) 03/22/16

Viking discovery of America Icelandic Viking discovery of America 03/22/16

Where is the largest Icelandic settlement outside of Iceland? 03/22/16

Icelandic Where is the largest Icelandic settlement outside of Iceland? Spanish Fork, Utah Magnuson, Olafson, Jonsson, Bjarnson, Gunnarson 03/22/16

Both are languages used by Jews Hebrew is a Semitic language Hebrew vs. Yiddish Both are languages used by Jews Hebrew is a Semitic language 03/22/16

Both are languages used by Jews Yiddish is a Germanic Language Hebrew vs. Yiddish Both are languages used by Jews Yiddish is a Germanic Language 03/22/16

Both languages are written with the Hebrew alphabet Hebrew vs. Yiddish Both languages are written with the Hebrew alphabet 03/22/16

Hebrew was a church language Yiddish was the family/community language Hebrew vs. Yiddish Hebrew was a church language Yiddish was the family/community language 03/22/16

Six million Jews killed in holocaust 5 million were Yiddish speakers Hebrew vs. Yiddish Six million Jews killed in holocaust 5 million were Yiddish speakers 03/22/16

Hebrew vs. Yiddish Yiddish words in English Bagel Klutz Glitch Kosher Maven Schmo Schmooze spiel Tush 03/22/16

Yiddish in the US (250,000 speakers) Hebrew vs. Yiddish Yiddish in the US (250,000 speakers) 03/22/16

Yiddish in Israel (250,000 speakers) Hebrew vs. Yiddish Yiddish in Israel (250,000 speakers) 03/22/16

Hebrew vs. Yiddish Two major groups of Jews Ashkenazi (Eastern Europe and Germany) Sephardic (Descendants from Spain) 03/22/16

Lived in Spain and Portugal (1000-1500) Spoke JudeoSpanish (Ladino) Sephardic Jews Lived in Spain and Portugal (1000-1500) Spoke JudeoSpanish (Ladino) 03/22/16

Sephardic Jews Lived in Spain and Portugal (1000-1500) Spoke JudeoSpanish (Ladino) Kicked out of Spain in 1492 Kicked out of Portugal in 1497 03/22/16

Sephardic Jews Lived in Spain and Portugal (1000-1500) Spoke JudeoSpanish (Ladino) Kicked out of Spain in 1492 Kicked out of Portugal in 1497 Many went to Balkans, Turkey, Northern Africa, France Many “converted” to Catholicism to avoid eviction 03/22/16

Sephardic Jews Lived in Spain and Portugal (1000-1500) Spoke JudeoSpanish (Ladino) Kicked out of Spain in 1492 Kicked out of Portugal in 1497 Many went to Balkans, Turkey, Northern Africa, France Many “converted” to Catholicism to avoid eviction 03/22/16

Sephardic Jews More recently they moved from Near East to New York, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Mexico, Puerto Rico 03/22/16

Spain and Portugal allow Sephardic Jews to apply for citizenship 03/22/16

Sephardic Jews Spanish: Quien mucho lo piensa no va a Jerusalén Ladino: Kien munço se lo pyensa non se va en Yeruşalayim Spanish: Culebra que no muerde, que viva mil años Ladino: Kulevra ke no modre, ke biva mil anyos 03/22/16

How many people speak Arabic? 03/22/16

How many people speak Arabic? 03/22/16

How many people speak Arabic? 03/22/16

Classical Arabic 7th to 9th centuries Language of the Quran 03/22/16

Arabic Classical Arabic 7th to 9th centuries Language of the Quran Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is derived from Classical Arabic 03/22/16

Arabic Classical Arabic 7th to 9th centuries Language of the Quran Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is derived from Classical Arabic MSA is no one's native language MSA is used on TV and published works MSA taught is school in some countries 03/22/16

Arabic Arabs from different countries don't understand each other's speech Arabic dialects are very different Most foreigners learn MSA 03/22/16

Arabic Arabs from different countries don't understand each other's speech Arabic dialects are very different Most foreigners learn MSA To live in a country you need to know that dialect also 03/22/16

Arabic 03/22/16

Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Arabs in Spain Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 03/22/16

Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Were kicked out along with Jews Arabs in Spain Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Were kicked out along with Jews 03/22/16

Arabs in Spain Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Were kicked out along with Jews Many “converted” to avoid expulsion 03/22/16

Arabs in Spain Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Were kicked out along with Jews Many “converted” to avoid expulsion Migrated to Northern Africa and Turkey 03/22/16

Arabs in Spain Arabs lived in Spains from 711-1492 Were kicked out along with Jews Many “converted” to avoid expulsion Migrated to Northern Africa and Turkey Spain has not offered citizenship to descendants of expelled Arabs 03/22/16

Arabs and Jews in Spain Genetic study of Modern Spaniards 20% have Jewish ancestors 11% have Arabic ancestors 03/22/16