European
Day of
Languages
by Hana Hrúzová 9.A
What is EDL?
• EDL is a well-established opportunity
to raise awareness about language
learning and linguistic diversity
• We celebrate it on September 26th
• It was created by Council of Europe
and the European Commisio
• They wanted to teach people that
there are cultural differences in
different countries
European Day of Languages
• There are about 225 indigenous languages in Europe
• 56% of EU citizens speak a language other than
their mother tongue
• Most of the European languages are of IndoEuropean origin
• Currently the most popular foreign language in Europe
is English
Netherlands – Dutch
language
• Their official language is Dutch but French, English,
and German are also common to hear
• West Germanic language spoken by about 25
million people as a first language
• Dutch language is also called Netherlandic, in
Belgium called Flemish or Flemish Vlaams
• The language before Dutch was called Old Dutch
Old Dutch
• Also called Old Low Franconian is the
set of Franconian dialects spoken
during the Early Middle Ages from
around the 6th to 11th century
• Its regarded as the primary stage in
the development of a separate Dutch
language
• Spoken by the descendants of
the Salian Franks
Quiz
1.
When do we celebrate EDL?
3. What is the other name for Dutch?
a)26th October
a)Salian Franks
b)25th September
b)Netherlandic
c)26th September
c)Nordic
2. What is the capital city of Netherlands? 4. How many people have Dutch as
a)Amsterdam
first language?
b)Helsinki
a)30 million
c)Luxembourg
b)20 million
c)25 million
Thanks for attention
sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Day_of_Languages
https://edl.ecml.at/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Netherlands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch