Languages of Europe Today you are going to draw a “tree” that will show the different types of languages that are spoken in Europe. It would be good if you had your colored pencils, markers, or crayons today. (Probably colored pencils or thin markers would be best.) NOTE: on the following slides DON’T WRITE WHAT IS IN RED… just read it and do it.

Draw a tree with a FAT trunk and SEVEN main branches . This is supposed to be my tree! JUST DO YOUR BEST! Draw a tree with a FAT trunk and SEVEN main branches . Leave plenty of room between them so we can make leaves and smaller branches.

Indo- European Language Family Tree In the middle of the trunk of the tree, write “Indo-European Language Family Tree”

ROMANCE Indo- European Language Family Tree On the far left bottom branch, write “ROMANCE”. This has nothing to do with love. These languages came from what language of Rome was… it was LATIN.

Now draw four smaller branches coming off the thick ‘Romance’ branch Now draw four smaller branches coming off the thick ‘Romance’ branch. On the smaller branches write: ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE Indo- European Language Family Tree French Italian ROMANCE Portuguese Spanish

On the branch on top of Romance, label the branch “Celtic” On the branch on top of Romance, label the branch “Celtic”. Then add two smaller branches coming off it and label them “Gaelic” and “Welsh”. Gaelic Welsh CELTIC Indo- European Language Family Tree French Italian ROMANCE Portuguese Spanish

ALBANIAN GREEK CELTIC ROMANCE On the next branch, label it “ALBANIAN”, and the next branch “GREEK”. Albanian is the only Albanian language. Greek is the only Greek language, so you can make one branch for each. Greek Albanian ALBANIAN GREEK Gaelic Welsh CELTIC Indo- European Language Family Tree French Italian ROMANCE Portuguese Spanish

ALBANIAN GREEK SLAVIC CELTIC ROMANCE Indo- European Language Family Czech Polish Russian Greek SLAVIC Albanian ALBANIAN GREEK Gaelic Welsh CELTIC Indo- European Language Family Tree French On the next branch, label it “SLAVIC”. Make 3 smaller branches coming off SLAVIC and label them Russian, Polish and Czech. Italian ROMANCE Portuguese Spanish

The last thick branch is going to be labeled “GERMANIC”. Czech Polish Russian Greek SLAVIC Albanian ALBANIAN Lithuanian GREEK BALTIC Gaelic Welsh CELTIC Indo- European Language Family Tree French Italian GERMANIC ROMANCE Portuguese Spanish The last thick branch is going to be labeled “GERMANIC”.

ALBANIAN GREEK SLAVIC BALTIC CELTIC GERMANIC ROMANCE Czech Polish Russian Greek SLAVIC Albanian ALBANIAN Lithuanian GREEK BALTIC Gaelic Welsh German CELTIC English Indo- European Language Family Tree Dutch French Italian GERMANIC ROMANCE Swedish Portuguese Spanish Make four little branches coming off GERMANIC and label them English, German, Dutch and Swedish.

RUSSIAN IS A SLAVIC LANGUAGE AND USES A CYRILLIC ALPHABET Czech Polish Russian Greek SLAVIC Albanian ALBANIAN Lithuanian GREEK BALTIC Gaelic Welsh German CELTIC English Indo- European Language Family Tree Dutch French Italian GERMANIC ROMANCE Swedish Portuguese Spanish RUSSIAN IS A SLAVIC LANGUAGE AND USES A CYRILLIC ALPHABET ROMANCE LANGUAGES COME FROM LATIN, THE LANGUAGE OF ROME