European Day of Languages
Visit the entries for "know", "new", night, one and "star" in the MusicLexis dictionary. Look at the translations of the words into different European languages. What similarities do you notice?
Why do you think these words sound so similar across different European languages? What does this tell us about their history?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_vocabulary
Listen to seven songs in seven European languages. Can you guess the language of each song? You will find the answer after each video. You can click the purple icon to visit the original entry in the MusicLexis dictionary.
If you could learn a new foreign language, which language would you choose?
Why is it useful to learn a new foreign language? Visit this lesson to answer the question.
