Languages of the World

There are 7,000 languages spoken in the world.

While we are learning about Latin America today many of you had excellent questions about languages of the world. Below are some Hot Tamale Activities to explore you curiosity.

What does it mean to be a Romance language?

• Read and summarize in your own words these two links. Feel free to do your own research.

Why is Latin a "dead language"?

• Google it and see what you find. Summarize the information and link your sources

Here is a story of a language only spoken by two people in Mexico, but they don't get along so they don't speak to each other! 

• Read the article and summarize in your own words. What would you do if you were them?
• If you were the last person to speak a language, what would you do? Would you try to record yourself speaking it? Try to teach it to others? 
• This page has images of places that have languages that are becoming extinct. Create your own map of these places.

National Geographic has a whole website dedicated to languages that are becoming extinct.

• Select a region and click on the Hotspot. Then click "more about this Hotspot" and read the information. Summarize the information in an email.