1. Comparing Germanic and Romance Languages (German and Spanish)
By Annis Cordy, Jessica-Alice Cunliffe, Heidi Dobson, Rhys Jervis and “Daniel Webb”

2. Spanish: Where is it spoken?
The language is spoken by between 322 and 400 million people natively
This includes people from countries such as : Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela

3. Where Is German Spoken?
German is the tenth most widely spoken language in the world, with a total of 123,527,178 speakers worldwide. The countries in which it is a native language include not only Germany and Austria, but also Switzerland (4.6 million speakers) and Liechtenstein (32,000 speakers). Other countries where it has official status as a widely spoken language are Luxemburg, Italy and Belgium. Smaller German speaking communities also exist in North and South America, South Africa and Australia.

4. Variations of Spanish
Me gusta ver la tele. (I like to watch the television)
Due to massive emigration from Andalusia to the Spanish colonies in the Americas and elsewhere, many American Spanish dialects share some fundamental characteristics with Andalusian Spanish, such as the use of ustedes instead of vosotros for the second person plural, and the widespread use of seseo.

5. Variations Of German English Hochdeutsch Austrian In the morning
Am Morgen
In der Früh
Noodles
Die Spätzle
Das Nockerl
Whipped cream
Die Schlagsahne
Das Obers
A German person [disparaging term]
Deutsche
Der Piefke

6. The Origins of the Spanish Language
Although Spanish is a ‘romance language’ it was influenced by the Visigothic language (an East Germanic Language).
It also has Arabic influence dating from 711 CE.
Shortly before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americans, Spanish settlers were introduced to a host of native languages and adopted a number of words from them.

7. The Origins of the German Language
Proto-Germanic
/ I \
West Germanic North Germanic East Germanic
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Anglo-Frisian Netherlandic German W.Scandinavian E.Scandinavian I Gothic
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English Frisian Netherlandic German Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Danish Swedish

8. Word Order and Translation
I like it
Ich mag das I like that
Me gusta Me it pleases

9. I have a yellow house Ich habe ein gelbes Haus Tengo una casa amarilla
I have a house yellow

10. I go to London because I like shopping
Ich fahre nach London, weil ich einkaufen mag
I travel to London because I to shop like
Voy a Londres porque me gusta ir de compras
I go to London because me it pleases to go of purchases

11. I can see him Ich kann ihn sehen I can him to see Puedo verlo
I can to see him

12. I have eaten it Ich habe es gegessen I have it eaten Lo he comido
It I have eaten

13. Similarities between German and Spanish
English
Spanish
German
Hammock
amacca
Hängematte

14. Spanish Phonology

15. German Phonology

16. Conclusion
After making these comparisons, we can conclude that some similarities lie within the East Germanic origins of both languages, although the impact of these on the languages –particularly Spanish- could be seen as negligible. The differences between the languages outweigh the similarities, which would explain why they belong to different language families.
There are, however, several Germanically-derived words in Spanish which correspond quite closely to words in modern Hochdeutsch, for example:
East. In Spanish ‘oeste’, in German ‘Ost’
Soup. In Spanish ‘sopa’, in German ‘Suppe’.
Mascot. In Spanish ‘mascota’, in German ‘Maskotte’.
However, it is debatable whether these words have the same Germanic origins, or are simply just derived or loaned from another language such as English.

17. Jess Cunliffe and Annis Cordy Spanish researchers
Special Thanks to Daniel Webb for Speech Coaching and Therapy, and also for stroking Jess
German researchers
Jess Cunliffe and Annis Cordy
Spanish researchers
Heidi Dobson and Rhys Jervis
Thanks for listening