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Language is given to a person for communication with others, expressing his thoughts and receiving information. It is impossible to say unequivocally which language is the most beautiful: disputes have not subsided about this in the camp of linguists and translators for hundreds of years. Beautiful can be called French, British dialect of English (different from American).
Also pleasant to hear are Spanish, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian. By the way, experts say that Russian is one of the most difficult languages for foreigners to learn, and Chinese is not the most pleasant to listen to. The German language sounds clear and peremptory, while Italian evokes ancient Roman images. Below we will talk about the history of 10 languages of the world.
10 Lithuanian
Linguistic scholars argue about roots Lithuanian from the 3th century. There are several theories and even a pseudo-theory of the origin of the language of this Baltic people. Now the language is one of the official in the European Union, it is spoken by about XNUMX million people. The language is more like a European dialect, you can not call it unpleasant for the ear.
The melodic, even “phlegmatic” words of this language pacify, and life itself in the Baltic States has been flowing measuredly and leisurely for several centuries. Lithuanians speak slowly, drawing individual letters and words. Learning Lithuanian is not at all difficult, especially for Europeans and Slavs. Knowledge of the language is mandatory for Lithuanian citizens and optional for “non-citizens” (there is such a concept in the country’s legislation).
9. Chinese
Chinese considered one of the most ancient on earth, its formation began in the XI century BC. Various Chinese dialects are now used by more than 1 billion people. Along with Russian, it is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Even in the Guinness Book of Records, he appeared precisely because of the complexity. As mentioned above, the language is quite “sharp”, there are many hissing.
By the way, Korean and Japanese hieroglyphs are pure Chinese, borrowed by Asian peoples in ancient times, but “modernized” over time. It’s funny, but despite the fact that the Chinese from different provinces used the same written language, before (and even now in many ways) they simply did not understand each other. Only in the mid-50s of the last century, the government of the Celestial Empire introduced a single language standard, the basis of which was the Beijing pronunciation.
8. Russian
Современный Russian language originates from the Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic and Old Russian languages. Dialects gradually disappeared from the speech of the East Slavic peoples, the first mention of the modern language appeared at the time of the baptism of Rus’ around 999 AD. It is believed that the first church books and documents came to Rus’ from Bulgaria after their translation from the Greek language.
Cyril and Methodius gave the country a relatively modern written language, but Church Slavonic, which was considered the official language, and artificial Old Church Slavonic (just from Cyril and Methodius) could not come into conflict with each other. Moreover, they seemed to complement each other. Well, the most important reform of the Russian language took place under Peter I in 1710. The language is difficult to learn, but beautiful in sound, especially in musical compositions. About 300 million people speak Russian.
7. Italian
Italian language arose on the basis of the Florentine dialect, in which Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch wrote. Actually, they are called the creators of the modern Italian language. Although in ancient times and in some other countries, residents of one region of Italy could absolutely not understand their distant neighbors. Now the Italian language is very popular for learning.
Italian is spoken in Italy itself, the Vatican, Switzerland and other countries, for example, in some areas of Croatia and Slovenia. The alphabet is the shortest in European languages, there are only 26 letters. Approximately 70 million people around the world speak Italian. Since most of the words of the language end in a vowel sound, the language itself is very beautiful and melodic.
6. Korean
Linguists claim that Korean about 500 years old. Previously, Chinese characters were used in Korea, gradually modernizing them. The alphabet has 29 letters, 10 of which are vowels. The Korean language is quite harsh, but “polite”, so to speak. It’s funny, but Koreans use Korean numbers for hours and Chinese numbers for minutes. Even the usual word “thank you” is pronounced differently, depending on who it is intended for.
Despite the aforementioned “harshness” of the language, Korean songs are really melodic and beautiful. The easiest way to learn Korean is with knowledge of Chinese or Japanese, it is the easiest Asian language to learn. About 75 million people speak Modern Korean today.
5. Greek
Greek language originates around the XNUMXth century BC, gradually transformed and improved. The main ancient monuments of the language are the beautiful poems “Odyssey” and “Iliad” by Homer, although scientists still argue about this. Yes, and other tragedies and comedies of the Greeks have come down to our time. The language is considered easy to learn, melodic and “melodious”.
The Athenian school of philosophy and oratory is practically a reference, this is due to the highest development of verbal creativity in the country at the turn of the 12th century BC. About 25 million people speak the Greek group of languages today, and almost XNUMX% of Russian words have Greek roots.
4. Ukrainian
Ukrainian language arose on the basis of some South Russian dialects that are used in the Rostov and Voronezh regions, the language was created artificially. Slavic Russian phonetics was deliberately distorted, some sounds began to be replaced by others, but in general, on the territory of Central Russia, the Ukrainian language was understood by the majority of the inhabitants of the country. The state of Ukraine itself did not yet exist, and the lands belonged to Poland, Hungary and other countries.
The language is very melodic and beautiful, many people like songs in Ukrainian. Often a resident of Kyiv does not understand his neighbor from Ivano-Frankivsk, while Muscovites and Siberians speak the same language. The Ukrainian language is very easy to learn, especially for Russians, Belarusians, Poles.
3. Arab
History Arabic in a more or less modern form is about 1000 years old. Most of the countries of the world have borrowed the designations of numbers from the Arabs. The Arabic language is clear and understandable on deep examination, but not very pleasing to the European ear. However, musical works in Arabic are distinguished by their melodiousness and special oriental beauty.
A feature of this language is its division into classical literary (the roots come from the Koran), modern and colloquial. Arabs from different countries rarely understand each other due to differences in dialects. But, using a modern dialect in speech, they understand their neighbors. The Arabic language has only 3 cases, it is quite easy to learn with due diligence.
2. Spanish
On the Spanish spoken today by about 500 million people. The language belongs to one of the groups of Romance languages. This is a rather melodic and beautiful language; musical compositions sound wonderful in Spanish. Many words were borrowed from the Arabs (about 4 thousand). In the XVI-XVIII centuries, it was the Spaniards who made many geographical discoveries, introducing their language into the culture of the countries of South America, Africa and some Asian states.
Despite the already established rules, the Spanish language continues to develop and improve today. It is considered quite simple to learn, and it is now spoken in 20 countries around the world.
1. French
One of the most beautiful European languages, originating from the popular Latin language. Its influence on the formation French also contributed German and Celtic languages and dialects. Everyone knows the beautiful songs and movies in French. Many Russian classics wrote in their time in French, for example, Leo Tolstoy wrote his great work “War and Peace” in this language as well.
Ignorance of French in high society was then considered bad form, many noble people communicated exclusively in it. French is in 8th place in the world in terms of popularity, it is spoken by about 220 million people.