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The language groups that belong in this language family are the Albanian, Armenian, Baltic, Slavic, Germanic, Celtic, Hellenic, Indo-Aryan, and Italic. Some of these groups are widely distributed across the globe, while some are spoken only in small areas.

All Sinitic languages have some Tocharian influence. Tocharian was an Indo-European language spoken by nomadic steppe people in what is now Western China. So, in other words, Chinese languages did have Indo-European influence.

Origins and basic characteristics. English belongs to the Indo-European family of languages and is therefore related to most other languages spoken in Europe and western Asia from Iceland to India.

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Knowing English increases your chances of getting a good job in a multinational company within your home country or for finding work abroad. It’s also the language of international communication, the media and the internet, so learning English is important for socialising and entertainment as well as work!

1. English is the Language of International Communication. Although English is not the most spoken language in the world, it is the official language in 53 countries and is spoken as a first language by around 400 million people worldwide. But that’s not all, it is also the most common second language in the world.

Seemingly endless compound words and the concept of noun genders is often enough to scare people off learning German for good. However, German actually isn’t nearly as hard to learn as you might think. About 40% of German vocabulary is similar to English vocabulary, which is good news for native English speakers!

German might not be as familiar to English speakers as Spanish, but it’s still one of the easiest languages to learn.

German is not very difficult. More difficult than Norwegian, yes, but still one of the easier languages for English speakers. The difference will be a couple hundred hundred hours to proficiency, if that. That’s nothing in the context of how long it takes to learn a language.