Europe

There are 20 official languages in the European Union plus a further 12 for countries which can be considered to be in Europe but are not EU members. Full list of European languages »

Amongst these, frequently requested languages are German, French and Russian.

French

In 1999 French was the 11th most spoken language in the world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called francophones) as a mother tongue, and by 128 million total including second language speakers.

French is the official language of France an its overseas territories (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French southern and Antarctic lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte.

The French language is a Romance language, meaning that it is descended from Latin. More>>

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Russian

Russian (русский язык) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. Russian belongs to the group of Indo-European languages, and is therefore related to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, as well as the modern Germanic, Romance, and Celtic languages, including English, French, and Russian is primarily spoken in Russia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics of the USSR. Though each of the constituent republics had its own official language, the unifying role and superior status was reserved for Russian. Following the break-up of 1991, several of the newly independent states have encouraged their native languages, which has partly reversed the privileged status of Russian, though its role as the language of post-Soviet national intercourse throughout the region has continued.

Russian is written using a modern version of the Cyrillic (кириллица) alphabet, consisting of 33 letters. More>>

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German

German is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union.
It is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and in two-thirds of Switzerland.

German is the main language of about 100 million people in Europe (as of 2004), or 13.3% of all Europeans, being the most spoken language in Europe excluding Russia, above French (66.5 million speakers in Europe in 2004) and English (64.2 million speakers in Europe in 2004).

German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, the second most taught in Europe and the third also in the USA. More>>

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