#romancelanguages

[misericordiia]

do you speak any language other than English? how did you learn if so?

yes ! spanish, i was in a dual language immersion program until high school where i pretty much learned half in spanish half in english . im also taking italian next year and can kinda understand it enough to get by already

[mondlylanguages]

The Paris Olympics may be over, but we're still here to help you learn French. 🇫🇷 🐬

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

An overview of the Romance languages, with some fascinating comments underneath. So few people understand Romanian, despite its being a Romance language. I certainly cannot understand a word. Yet Romanians, both in the comments’ section and those I have met personally, find many other Romance languages, such as Italian, easy to learn! 

Many Portuguese say that they find Spanish easy to understand, but many Romance language speakers find French difficult to understand. This surprised me greatly, but when we consider the fact that French is furthest removed from the Latin root compared to Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, one can see why. I think the pronunciation is the main obstacle, as well as spelling issues. 

Even despite this, the popularity of Romance languages worldwide surely should give credit to the root tongue: Latin. A language that ought to be taught here in Britain, but sadly is the preserve of a few, under the foolish belief that it has no use. Yet the influence of Latin continues to this very day, present in so many words used without a second thought. 

Great video! 

[i-speak-sicilian]

Proposta di normalizzazione ortografica comune della lingua siciliana

Ho trovato qualcosa di estremamente interessante mentre spulciavo le pagine del web. Si tratta di una proposta di normalizzazione ortografica comune della lingua siciliana condotta da Alfonso Campisi (Université de La Manouba), Salvatore Giuffré (University of Malta),Renato Mancuso (Boston University) e da Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia (University of Pennsylvania).

E’ da tanto tempo che medito su questo argomento. Mi capita tantissime volte di trovarmi in serie difficoltà quando cerco di scrivere qualcosa in siciliano, perché non ci sono delle regole chiare.

Trovo che questa sia una bellissima iniziativa e che sia un passo importante per la nostra lingua. Penso che sia arrivata l’ora che una lingua così antica, venga standardizzata, insegnata e tutelata.

A seguire il link di cui vi parlavo, e se avete qualche pensiero da condividere in materia, vi prego, fatelo! :)

http://cademiasiciliana.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Proposta-di-normalizzazione-ortografica-comune-della-lingua-siciliana-I-edizione-2017.pdf

[mondlylanguages]

Learn how to greet your Spanish-speaking friends on Cinco de Mayo. 🪅 💃

[mondlylanguages]

What's your favorite color? 🌈 Answer in Italian. 👇

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Text like an Italian native with these SMS abbreviations. 🤌 🇮🇹