Languages

Languages

Part # 1: Mandarin Chinese.Part # 2: Spanish.Part # 3: English.Part # 4: German.Part # 5: French.Part # 6: Italian.Part # 7: Advantages of speaking more languages.Part # 8: Language birth and language death.

Part # 9: The language of math.Part # 10: The language of coding.Part # 11: Sign language.Part # 12: Languages of love.Part # 13: Body language – including facial expressions and handshakes.Part # 14: The language of music.

Part # 1

Mandarin Chinese

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakershttp://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/sizehttp://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/languages-for-the-future-report_0.pdf

Top 10 most spoken languages - by first language speakers.Numbers in millions.

http://youtu.be/qR72RnEwl0Mhttp://translate.google.com/#en/zh-CN/person

Inputs to help you read Chinese

Part # 2

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Spanish is part of the Italic languages

Places where Spanish is a key language

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Biggest movements of people during the last 5000 years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSPNVunyFQ

Part # 3

English

English is part of the Germanic languages

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Top 10 languages on the Internet.

Millions of users.

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Biggest movements of people during the last 5000 years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSPNVunyFQ

From about the 700th, Danish Vikings merged into the English population. Old Norse mixed with old English.

Sourceshttp://youtu.be/kIzFz9T5rhIDiamond, Jared: Collapse, p. 184.

Part # 4

German

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/12/language-families

An English-speaking learner of German will notice how many English words seem to come from German.

Examples Water / Wasser. Bread / Brot. House / Haus.

Places where German is a key language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DeutschsprachigeWelt.png

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French is part of the Italic languages

Places where French is a key language

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Part # 6

Italian

Italian is the official language of Italy and parts of Switzerland.

Italian is also used by minority communities in a number of countries including Malta, Libya, Somalia, Slovenia, Croatia, as well as by expatriate communities in the USA, UK, Argentina and Australia.

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Part # 7

Advantages of speaking more languages

http://www.edudemic.com/learn-another-language-bilingual/

Bilingual children adjust to environmental changes better.

Researchers found that because words in a second language, when learned later in life, do not carry the same emotional impact as the words of one's native tongue, individuals made more rational decisions when using their second language.

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-knowing-a-foreign-language-results-in-more-rational-decisions

Part # 8

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The world’s 7,000 – 8,000 languages

Each dot represents the geographic center of the world’s languages

http://www.ethnologue.org/country_index.asp

On the island of Papua New Guinea, a country with a population of about 6 million people, there are 800 – 1,000 different human languages.

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Part # 9

The language of math

http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Part # 10

The language of coding

Why shouldn’t people understand how to “speak” JavaScript?

Chamath Palihapitiya

http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/High_Tech_Telecoms_Internet/Managing_disruptive_technology_A_conversation_with_investor_Chamath_Palihapitiya

Part # 11

Sign language

Stop sign - Spanish

http://www.imagebase.net/Concept/object12-1365200375

Skype emoticons

http://www.skype.com/

http://www.thenounproject.com/

Part # 12

Languages of love

What language / languages of love do youa) speak?b) understand well?

Love language A: Kind words.

You cooked an excellent meal. I will do the dishes after dinner. You are great at doing the work you do. You look great in that jacket.

http://www.amazon.de/The-Five-Love-Languages-ebook/dp/B0032CVAQQ/ chapter 4.

Love language B: Time spent with partner

Have dinner with your partner. Go for a walk with your partner. Listen to your partner without doing anything else. Ask your partner what he/she wants to do with you.

Then make a plan and do that.

http://www.amazon.de/The-Five-Love-Languages-ebook/dp/B0032CVAQQ/ chapter 5.

Love language C: Gifts.

Chocolate. Flowers. A smooth stone that looks like a heart. A postcard with a greeting.

http://www.amazon.de/The-Five-Love-Languages-ebook/dp/B0032CVAQQ/ chapter 6.

Love language D. Acts of service.

Cook a meal. Set the table. Buy groceries. Wash the dishes. Wash clothes. Vacuum floors. Clean the bathroom. Get fruit and vegetables in the garden. Make the beds.

http://www.amazon.de/The-Five-Love-Languages-ebook/dp/B0032CVAQQ/ chapter 7.

Love language E. Physical touch.

Give your partner a hug. Hold your partner’s hands. Rub your partner’s back. Put your hand on your partner’s shoulder.

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4 ways to discover your love language

# 1What does your partner do or not do that hurts you most deeply?

# 2What have you most often requested of your partner?

# 3In what way do you regularly express love to your partner?

# 4On a scale from 1 to 10, how full is your love tank?What do you need mostly from your partner in order to get your love tank filled up?

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Part # 13

Body language –including facial expressions

and handshakes

Google Images search on the word ”laughter” on June 21st, 2014.

http://goo.gl/P35eCE

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/10/body-language-improve-patient-encounter.html

When we show our palms when talking, it means we are being honest and telling the truth.

http://blogs.hbr.org/video/2011/04/boost-power-through-body-langu.html

Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Mehrabianhttp://blog.doubleslash.de/richtige-kommunikation-im-softwareprojekt/

Use of words 7% impact

Body language55% impact

Voice38% impact

Study shows that a firm handshake was positively related to extraversion and emotional expressiveness and negatively related to shyness and neuroticism.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/06/to-negotiate-effectively-first-shake-hands/

Part # 14

The language of music

In Nigeria, there are 250 languages. there are an estimated 400-500 idiolects. a Nigerian might drive 35-40 minutes and have

trouble understanding a conversation.

This patchwork of languages means that pan-African brands and advertising have to move beyond words to emotion, music, images, and other nonverbal messages. In meeting this challenge, remember that youth everywhere speak one tongue: the language of music.

Mahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 131.

http://www.playingforchange.com/episodes/3/One_Love

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