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What does that EU language sound like ... and: Czech, anyone?

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From: Christian Feldhaus
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:33
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(English text below.) Vor kurzem bin ich auf diese Seiten gesto�en, auf
denen man sich die 20 Amtssprachen der Europ�ischen Union anh�ren kann:

http://scic.cec.eu.int/listen/index.htm

In jeder der genannten Sprachen steht dort ein kurzer Text �ber die EU
und ihr Motto "In Vielfalt vereint". Was die Sache m.E. interessant
macht: Wenn man den Ton anschaltet (bzw. angeschaltet l�sst), h�rt man
den Text, gesprochen von einem Muttersprachler (mal m, mal w).

Nun hat mich jemand gefragt, ob es gewisserma�en "Zufall" ist, dass in
der tschechischen Version die W�rter prosperity, tolerance und
solidarity genauso geschrieben werden wie im Englischen (d.h. Endungen
wie -ity und -ance sind im Tschechischen �blich) oder ob das "Importe"
aus dem Englischen sind. Ich habe keinen Schimmer und frag' deshalb mal
hier :-)

[en]

A while ago I came across an interesting site that lets you listen to
any of the 20 official languages of the European Union:

http://scic.cec.eu.int/listen/index.htm

In each of these languages, you can read a short text about the EU and
its "United in Diversity" motto. More interesting IMO is the option to
turn (or leave) the sound on and listen to the texts, more or less
clearly pronounced by native speakers.

Now somebody asked me whether it is mere "coincidence" that in the Czech
version words such as prosperity, tolerance and solidarity are spelled
as in English (IOW, such -ity and -ance endings are common in Czech
too), or whether that might be imports from English. Since I have no
clue, I thought I might ask here :-)

Christian
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Subject: What does that EU language sound like ... and: Czech, anyone?
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