世界语言知多少

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你知道全世界有超过5000种语言吗？

Did you know that there are over 5，000 languages in the world？

联合国教科文组织已将2500种语言列为濒危语种。

1）UNESCO has identified 2，500 languages which are at risk of 2）extinction.

大多数几近绝迹的语言来自美国和澳大利亚。

Most of the 3）endangered and extinct languages are in the United States and Australia.

全世界有2200种语言源自亚洲，而欧洲仅有260种。

2，200 of the worlds languages are found in Asia， while Europe has a mere 260.

大约60%的英语源于法语。

About 60% of English is derived from French.

菲律宾有超过1000种方言。

The Philippines has more than 1000 regional dialects.

索马里是唯一一个所有人都说同一种语言——索马里语的非洲国家。

4）Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language—5）Somali.

巧合的是，美国新墨西哥地区的祖尼人说着和日语非常类似的语言。

The 6）Zuni tribe of New Mexico （USA） speaks a language thats too similar to Japanese to be 7）coincidental.

阿布卡兹语只有2个元音，却有60个辅音。

8）Abkhaz has only two 9）vowel sounds， but it has 60 10）consonant sounds.

最常见的人造语言是世界语。

The most common 11）artificial language is 12）Esperanto.

已知最古老的书写文字是苏美尔语，它起源于大约公元前3500年的美索不达米亚地区。

The oldest known written language is 13）Sumerian， which 14）originated in 15）Mesopotamia around 3，500 B.C.

冰岛的语言跟北欧海盗使用的古斯堪的纳维亚语非常类似。

The 16）Icelandic language is remarkably similar to 17）Old Norse， the language of the 18）Vikings.

在中国说英语的人比美国多。

China has more English speakers than the United States.

在泰国语中，有人会使用“slave”代替“I”以示礼貌。

In 19）Thai， one shows politeness by using the word “slave” for “I”.

拥有最多语言的国家是巴布亚新几内亚，一共有830种。

The country with the most spoken languages is 20）Papua New Guinea—830！

第一个真正意义上的字母表被认为是希腊字母表。

The first true 21）alphabet is believed to be the Greek alphabet.

柬埔寨的官方语言高棉语有最大的字母表，一共有74个字母。

22）Khmer， the official language of Cambodia， has the largest alphabet， consisting of 74 letters.