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Article #15What does that EU language sound like ... and: Czech, anyone?
From: Christian Feldhaus
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:33
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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