Биркун, 7. Unit 2. Lesson 2

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1) Twenty-three languages are used by 50 min or more speakers each.
2) About 6,000 languages are spoken today.
3) More than 200 languages are used by a million or more speakers.
1) In Ukrainian there are thirty-three sounds. Yes, they differ from English sounds.
2) There are some similar words in Ukrainian and English such as: fine, revolver, firm and others.
3) No, the word order is not strict in Ukrainian.
4) Yes, I think the endings have no meaning in Ukrainian. But they show the gender, the number of nouns, they may show the part of speech.
1) English is multicultural because it has taken words from other languages, and today’s international communication means that new words are appearing every day in this language.
2) It contains words from more than 350 languages.
3) International communication has created specialized English such as Internet English or text message for mobile phones. New words and new forms appeared.
1) Sounds were made by pre-human creatures.
2) Communication was made more complex.
3) First words were written millions of years ago.
4) Some changes have been explained by scientists.
5) Words are added to the vocabulary.
6) Words are brought from one language to another.
7) A standard form of a language is used on radio and television.
8) A language is called dead when nobody speaks it.
1) The closest neighbours to Ukraine are: Russia, Bilorus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova.
2) In these countries live Russians, Bilorussians, Poles, Slovaks, Hungarians, Romanians and Moldavians.
3) The United States of America — Americans
The United Kingdom — the British
Australia — Australians
China — Chinese
Egypt — Egyptians
Russia — Russians
Poland — Poles
Canada — Canadians
Austria — Astrians
Brazil — Brazilians
Italy — Italians
Ukraine — Ukrainian
Germany — German
Switzerland — Swiss
Greece — Greeks
4) Chinese — China
Arabic — the countries of the North Africa and Near East
French — France
English — Great Britain
Spanish — Spain
Italian — Italy
Ukrainian — Ukraine
Russian — Russia
German — Germany
Polish — Poland
Greek — Greece
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