History of Spanish and Reasons for Learning

Introduction to the
study of Spanish
& Why
you should learn it!

Multiple Choice

How many languages do you think exist in the world?🤔

• Approximately 7,000

• About 50

• Over 10,000

• About 200

How many languages are there in
the world?

• It is difficult to have an exact count due to :

→Language varieties ( dialects of the same
language or different languages?)
→New languages are discovered often ( Amazon
area, Papua New Guinea etc)

→Languages disappear when the last speaker dies

Families of languages

• Languages are related
• Languages change and develop, but they have a common

language they originate from.

Multiple Choice

English is a part of the _____ language family.

• Celtic

• Romance

• Germanic

• Iberian

Multiple Choice

Spanish is a part of the _____ language family.

• Romance

• Germanic

• English

• Celtic

Romance Language Family

Where does Latin come from?

Latin is the origin language for Spanish.
• It was the language of the Roman Empire!

Romance Language- a language that has Latin as their origin language.
---Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan

Latin is now a dead language! (YES! languages are alive!)
-it is no longer spoken!
-a language dies when there are no more people alive that speak a language.

Fill in the Blanks

Latin is now a _______ _________.

Ruins of the Roman Empire

What was the capital of the Roman Empire?
Rome
The center of what used to be the Roman Empire is what
country today?-Italy

Fill in the Blanks

Latin originated in the

Empire.

Word Cloud

What reasons did you hear in the video?

Open Ended

Why might YOU want to learn Spanish or another language?