Are You Bilingual???
In the Year of International Languages, we can celebrate our cultures diversity in the form of communication which is universal. There are many different languages that pertain to each culture. Some are Hindi, Mandarin, Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish and the most universal: English. Of course there are many more that are still being spoken today and some that have even died. You may think it sounds funny, but languages such as Latin have not been spoken in so long that they are considered to be buried from existence. However, Latin’s spirit has lived on through Spanish which is spoken around the world. Another dead language would be Old English which has lived on in the form of New English which is spoken worldwide.
Without languages, we would have no way of communication. During the Year of International Languages we are able to celebrate all languages whether we speak it or not. I myself speak a couple of languages because of my many cultures. People who can speak more than one language are called bilingual and that quality is something that you should never lose. Being bilingual opens many doors. You are able to make friends from around the world and travel the seven seas without the language barrier.
With so many languages being spoken it shows us how different our world is. Everything that makes us unique starts at the root and in this case the language. More people should learn other languages because you never now if you might meet someone who speaks another language. In one country, multiple languages could be spoken. So crack open those language books and start learning. You never know, it could pay off in the future.
Here are some languages: Can you figure all of them out???
Español Deutsch
Français Italiano
Svenska हिन्दी, हिंदी
汉语/漢語 Hànyǔ (Spoken),
中文 Zhōngwén (Written)
Images from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism
