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English For One, Perhaps German?
Answer 2The most spoken languages in Europe, with the numbers of speakers, are:
German 84 million (Germany + Austria + part of Switzerland)
French 70 million (France + part of Belgium + part of Switzerland)
English 67 million (UK + Ireland)
Italian 61 million (Italy)
Spanish 46 million (Spain)
The figures are calculated by adding the populations of the relevant countries. They are approximate only.
Russian should be somewhere in this list has about 150 million speakers, but I can find no figures which say how many of these are in Europe.
Source: Wikipedia article "List of European countries by population".
Germanic - originate from German. This includes English and German (the most commonly spoken in Europe), Dutch and the languages of Scandinavia.
Romantic - originate from Latin. This includes French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Slavic - originate from Russian and this covers most languages to the east.
Greek and Hungarian have separate origins.
The largest ethnic groups in Europe include:
- Russians
- Germans
- French
- British
- Italians
- Spanish
- Ukrainians
- Polish
- Romanians
- Dutch
Romance languages are languages based of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Some Romance languages include French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Germanic languages are languages that originate from Northern Europe (and Western Europe) and are all related as they were created by the Germanic people. Some Germanic languages include German, Swedish, and Dutch.
English is a controversial Western European language. It is referred to as a Germanic language, however, it is not completely Germanic. English is heavily based off of French as well as Danish-Germanic languages, due to the British Isles being ruled by the Danes for a period of time and then being switched to French rule. English is more Germanic than anything, so to dumb it down, it would be acceptable to say 75% of English is Germanic while 25% is Romance (in which case, it would be French).
There are only two language families in Europe: Indo-European and Uralic.
There are many different branches of Indo-European, which you may have thought were separate language families. This includes Romance languages, Germanic languages, Slavic languages, or the Hellenic language (Greek).
The Uralic languages in Europe include Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
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Why is there so many different languages spoke in Europe?
Because there are so many different ethnic groups in Europe. Basically, each major ethnic group has their own country and language in Europe.
Where are the major groups of mountains located in eastern Europe?
Europe
What language do people in Europe talk?
The most spoken language in Europe is Russian with an estimated 150,000,000 native speakers. English, French, and Russian are common second languages. However, the continent of Europe has about 40 major language groups, each having official status in one or more countries. Europe also has thousands of regional languages.
Which language groups has the smallest geographic distribution across Europe?
Baltic.
What are three main language groups in Europe?
There are 10 main European Language groups:AnatolianHellenicIndo-IranianItalicCelticGermanicArmenianTocharianBalto-SlavicAlbanian
What language is not part of the three main language groups in Europe?
Basque is a language that is not part of the three main language groups in Europe (Indo-European, Uralic, and Turkic). It is a language isolate, meaning it is not related to any other known language. Basque is spoken in parts of Spain and France.
What are the three main language groups in Europe?
There are 10 main European Language groups:AnatolianHellenicIndo-IranianItalicCelticGermanicArmenianTocharianBalto-SlavicAlbanian
What three major groups invaded Europe during the middle ages?
the groups that invaded Europe in the 700s and the 800 were the Muslims armies, fierce warriors Magyar's, and the Vikings
What groups developed from the major divisions of slavs in eastern Europe?
The SouthernThe WesternThe Eastern
What groups developed from the three major divisions os slavs in eastern Europe?
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What groups developed from three major divisions of Slavs in Eastern Europe?
The SouthernThe WesternThe Eastern
Which two countries are the only ones that have english as its major languages in europe?
A lot more than two countries in Europe have English as a major language. These include England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Malta. English is widely spoke in many other countries too, though not as an official language.
