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

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From: Jarek
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:42
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Uzytkownik "Christian Feldhaus" <me@privacy.net.invalid> napisal w 
wiadomosci news:1h3vshy.n7big015axaysN%me@privacy.net.invalid...
> (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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