Comparing Germanic and Romance Languages (German and Spanish)

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Comparing Germanic and Romance Languages(German
and Spanish)

• By Annis Cordy, Jessica-Alice Cunliffe, Heidi
  Dobson, Rhys Jervis and Daniel Webb

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Spanish Where is it spoken?

• The language is spoken by between 322 and 400
  million people natively
• This includes people from countries such as
  Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
  Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial
  Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
  Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico,
  Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Where Is German Spoken?

• German is the tenth most widely spoken language
  in the world, with a total of 123,527,178
  speakers worldwide. The countries in which it is
  a native language include not only Germany and
  Austria, but also Switzerland (4.6 million
  speakers) and Liechtenstein (32,000 speakers).
  Other countries where it has official status as a
  widely spoken language are Luxemburg, Italy and
  Belgium. Smaller German speaking communities also
  exist in North and South America, South Africa
  and Australia.

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Variations of Spanish

• Me gusta ver la tele. (I like to watch the
  television)
• Due to massive emigration from Andalusia to the
  Spanish colonies in the Americas and elsewhere,
  many American Spanish dialects share some
  fundamental characteristics with Andalusian
  Spanish, such as the use of ustedes instead of
  vosotros for the second person plural, and the
  widespread use of seseo.

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Variations Of German
English Hochdeutsch Austrian
In the morning Am Morgen In der Früh
Noodles Die Spätzle Das Nockerl
Whipped cream Die Schlagsahne Das Obers
A German person disparaging term Deutsche Der Piefke
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The Origins of the Spanish Language

• Although Spanish is a romance language it was
  influenced by the Visigothic language (an East
  Germanic Language).
• It also has Arabic influence dating from 711 CE.
• Shortly before the arrival of Christopher
  Columbus to the Americans, Spanish settlers were
  introduced to a host of native languages and
  adopted a number of words from them.

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The Origins of the German Language

• Proto-Germanic
• / I \
• West Germanic North Germanic East Germanic
• / \ I / \
• Anglo-Frisian Netherlandic German W.Scandinavian
  E.Scandinavian I Gothic
• / \ / \ / I \ / \
• English Frisian Netherlandic German Icelandic
  Faroese Norwegian Danish Swedish

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Word Order and Translation

• I like it
• Ich mag das I like that
• Me gusta Me it pleases

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• I have a yellow house
• Ich habe ein gelbes Haus
• I have a yellow house
• Tengo una casa amarilla
• I have a house yellow

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• I go to London because I like shopping
• Ich fahre nach London, weil ich einkaufen mag
• I travel to London because I to shop like
• Voy a Londres porque me gusta ir de compras
• I go to London because me it pleases to go of
  purchases

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• I can see him
• Ich kann ihn sehen
• I can him to see
• Puedo verlo
• I can to see him

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I have eaten it

• Ich habe es gegessen
• I have it eaten
• Lo he comido
• It I have eaten

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Similarities between German and Spanish
English Spanish German
Hammock amacca Hängematte
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Spanish Phonology
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German Phonology
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Conclusion

• After making these comparisons, we can conclude
  that some similarities lie within the East
  Germanic origins of both languages, although the
  impact of these on the languages particularly
  Spanish- could be seen as negligible. The
  differences between the languages outweigh the
  similarities, which would explain why they belong
  to different language families.
• There are, however, several Germanically-derived
  words in Spanish which correspond quite closely
  to words in modern Hochdeutsch, for example
• East. In Spanish oeste, in German Ost
• Soup. In Spanish sopa, in German Suppe.
• Mascot. In Spanish mascota, in German
  Maskotte.
• However, it is debatable whether these words have
  the same Germanic origins, or are simply just
  derived or loaned from another language such as
  English.

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Special Thanks to Daniel Webb for Speech Coaching
and Therapy, and also for stroking Jess
German researchers Jess Cunliffe and Annis Cordy
Spanish researchers Heidi Dobson and Rhys Jervis
Thanks for listening