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Although Germanic languages by most accounts affected the phonological development very little, Spanish words of Germanic origin are present in all varieties of Modern Spanish. Many of the Spanish words of Germanic origin were already present in Vulgar Latin, and so they are shared with other Romance languages.

The language known today as Spanish is derived from a dialect of spoken Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans during the Second Punic War, beginning in 218 BC, and which evolved in central parts of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century.

It comes from the Latin language and because of the ancient prestige of this language (and later the prestige of the English language), it has been adapted to many other languages in the world. The word probably simply means “neighbor” and has been established by the ancient leader Julius Cesar.

Contrary to what you might have learned, not all Spanish words come from Latin. In fact, a large portion of the Spanish vocabulary comes from the Arabic language.

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Latin is hard because it just is. However, Spanish is harder because you are learning a language that you are completely unfamiliar with. Latin is basically how we got English (with some help from the French, Italians and Germans)- it is made up of a lot of root words.

Spanish absolutely has more direct practical use. Latin, or rather the study of Latin, sets you up to learn not just Spanish more easily, but also French, Italian, and any other Romance language you care to name.

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Part of the reason that Latin passed out of common usage is because, as a language, it’s incredibly complex. Classical Latin is highly inflected, meaning that nearly every word is potentially modified based on tense, case, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and mood.

Latin did not die but evolved into the five Romance languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. Q: What did Latin evolve from? Latin evolved from the Etruscan, Greek, and Phoenician alphabets. It was widely spoken throughout the Roman Empire.

Which Languages Are The Closest To English?

• Closest Language: Scots. The closest language to English is arguably Scots.
• Closest (Definitely Distinct) Language: Frisian.
• Closest Major Language: Dutch.
• Close Language: German.
• Close Language: Norwegian.
• Close Language: French.

Arabic. We can’t say that Arabic is one of the hardest languages to learn for Spanish speakers, mainly because the two share many words and some grammar rules.

Easiest Germanic Languages

• Afrikaans.
• Frisian.
• Dutch.
• Norwegian.
• Swedish.
• Danish.
• German.
• Faroese.

For Northern Germanic languages you should start with Norwegian because in writing it is nearly the same and Danish and in Speaking it is quite similar to Swedish. So I would go Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic and if you chose to learn it, Faroese.

Many beginner level language students have the misconception that German is an almost impossible language to learn. Seemingly endless compound words and the concept of noun genders is often enough to scare people off learning German for good. However, German actually isn’t nearly as hard to learn as you might think.

Yes. People make too much of the notion that young people learn languages better. Although it may be true that people’s brains work differently before they are around 20 and may be better at forming patterns, everyone can learn at any age.

Being Bilingual Improves Cognitive Skills and Overall Brain Function. People who speak two or more languages have significantly better overall cognitive abilities than those who speak one. Compared to people that speak one language, adults who speak multiple languages are more likely to: have higher general …