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Spoken by around 670 million people in different parts of the world,
but mainly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere, Romance languages have
something special. Because of their Latin descent, we cannot help but to
directly associate them with history and culture. Latin, their parent
tongue, was the language of Romans, hence the term “Romance” languages.
Vulgar Latin was spread by colonists and soldiers throughout the Roman
Empire, replacing the native tongues of some conquered European peoples.
The fall of the Western Roman Empire caused certain degree of regional
isolation, and the disrupting effect of Germanic invasions led to Vulgar
Latin being divided into local dialects, thus, evolving into the
individual Romance tongues.
People who take
Italian lessons in London explain how knowledge of the language
allowed them to make the most of their trips to Italy. The Italian
Renaissance was the end of the medieval era, the moment of the flowering
of literature, art, religion, politics and science, the start of the
Modern Era. Learning Italian will give you a better understanding of the
history of Rome, which is said to be the cradle of the civilization. You
could immerse yourself into the lives of
Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, etc. and appreciate
their work in a more intrinsic way.
Due to their common source, Romance languages have several similar
features, as to vocabulary and grammar. These differences are mainly as
to sound, not structure nor lexis. This characteristic is another proof
that each time you take up a language course, learning it will be easier
than it was learning the previous one. In other words, the more
languages you speak the easier learning the net one is, especially when
it comes to a group of tongues like Romance languages.
Once you are able to speak Italian, learning French will not turn out
to be so difficult. Besides, French is not only a beautiful sounding
language, like Italian, but it is also very useful for business. French
is the official working language of the United Nations, UNESCO, NATO,
the International Labor Bureau, the European Community, the
International Red Cross, and many more. Speaking French means having
access to the most widely spoken foreign language in the world after
English. Besides, the economy of France is among the strongest economies
in the world. For all these reasons each time more people take
French lessons in Cambridge, where native French native speaking
instructors help students achieve a more real like pronunciation in
lessons that can be aimed at general or business purposes, in group or
individually.
From: www.italianwords.org.uk
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