It s easy to see that English and Dutch belong together and that French and Portuguese are closer to each other than either is to English or Dutch. Hey, I ve got one more question. Joey said that burrito means little burro in English. I looked burro up and it s a kind of donkey. Maybe, I said, remembering the last time I ate at Lester s.
Word order is only one way languages can be grouped together.
Give at least five other ways that languages can be grouped , with specific examples which compare other languages with English. Then describe the characteristics of at least three major language families. We were watching the news in social studies class today, and it was about Gov. Bush visiting Latin America. He was in Mexico talking to their new president, but I couldn t understand what he was saying even though I m taking Latin class. Jose said that s because he was speaking Spanish, not Latin.