CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <title>Europe - Sorosoro Sorosoro</title> <meta name="description" content="Sorosoro is a program that contributes to the safeguard of endangered languages across the globe. The website offers videos, maps and written information." /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/style.css" type="text/css" media="all" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/style_print.css" type="text/css" media="print" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Flux RSS de Sorosoro" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/sorosoro_en" /> <link rel="pingback" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/xmlrpc.php" /> <meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr-fr" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/europe/" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-us" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="es-es" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/es/europa/" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/europe/" />  <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Europe - Sorosoro" /> <meta property="og:description" content="European languages are grouped in only 7 families, but one of them, the Indo-European family, contains some of the most used languages in the world such as English, Spanish, or French. Minority languages are less numerous than elsewhere, however, as they have generally been erased over the past centuries by the dominant languages. Here you […]" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Sorosoro" /> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2015-09-30T21:38:58+00:00" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="1 minute" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/","url":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/","name":"Europe - Sorosoro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-06-02T12:37:04+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-30T21:38:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Europe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/#website","url":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/","name":"Sorosoro","description":"Pour que vivent les langues du monde !","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://www.sorosoro.org/en/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}</script>  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Sorosoro » Europe Comments Feed" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/europe-2/feed/" /> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.6.2"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(i,n){var o,s,e;function c(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(o,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function p(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data),r=(e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0),new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data));return t.every(function(e,t){return e===r[t]})}function u(e,t,n){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!n(e,"\ud83d\udc26\u200d\u2b1b","\ud83d\udc26\u200b\u2b1b")}return!1}function f(e,t,n){var r="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):i.createElement("canvas"),a=r.getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(a.textBaseline="top",a.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(function(e){o[e]=t(a,e,n)}),o}function t(e){var t=i.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,i.head.appendChild(t)}"undefined"!=typeof Promise&&(o="wpEmojiSettingsSupports",s=["flag","emoji"],n.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},e=new Promise(function(e){i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",e,{once:!0})}),new Promise(function(t){var n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(o));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(s),u.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"}),a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=function(e){c(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}c(n=f(s,u,p))}t(n)}).then(function(e){for(var t in e)n.supports[t]=e[t],n.supports.everything=n.supports.everything&&n.supports[t],"flag"!==t&&(n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&n.supports[t]);n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!n.supports.flag,n.DOMReady=!1,n.readyCallback=function(){n.DOMReady=!0}}).then(function(){return e}).then(function(){var e;n.supports.everything||(n.readyCallback(),(e=n.source||{}).concatemoji?t(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(t(e.twemoji),t(e.wpemoji)))}))}((window,document),window._wpemojiSettings); /* ]]> */ </script> <style id='wp-emoji-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.6.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='classic-theme-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> /*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} </style> <style id='global-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> :root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} :where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;} :root :where(.wp-block-pullquote){font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wpml-blocks-css' href='https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/dist/css/blocks/styles.css?ver=4.6.13' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/64830" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.6.2" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://www.sorosoro.org/en/?p=64830' /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sorosoro.org%2Fen%2Feurope-2%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sorosoro.org%2Fen%2Feurope-2%2F&format=xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WPML ver:4.6.13 stt:1,4,2;" />  <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-31897394-3', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script>  </head> <body> <div class="center_ie"> <div class="center_moz"> <div id="header"> <div id="header_sorosoro" class="float_left margin_none"> <p class="padding_none"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/header_sorosoro_en.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> </div> <div id="header_right" class="float_left"> <p class="padding_none"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/header_visual_en.jpg" alt="" /></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="header2"> <div id="header_sorosoro2" class="float_left margin_none color_white"> <p class="padding_none"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/header_sorosoro2_fr.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p class="padding_header font_20px"><a href="/en/endangered-languages/why-save-the-world-s-languages/">Linguistic diversity ... What for? ... What issues?</a></p> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var url_site_wp = 'https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/js/'; var lang_site_wp = 'en'; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/js/menu.js"></script> <div id="navigation" class="margin_none color_white list_style_none inline"> <div id="navigation_links" class="float_left text_left"> <p class="float_left"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/nav_home.png" alt="Accueil / Home" /></a></p> <ul><li class="float_left padding_menu menu_button menu1">    <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/"><strong>The Sorosoro program</strong></a>    </li><li class="float_left padding_menu menu_button menu2">    <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/category/sorosoro-news/"><strong>What's new on Sorosoro</strong></a>    </li><li class="float_left padding_menu menu_button menu3">    <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/in-the-medias/"><strong>Sorosoro in the media</strong></a>    </li><li class="float_left padding_menu menu_button menu4">    <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/to-donate/"><strong>To donate</strong></a>    </li><li class="float_left padding_menu menu_button menu5">    <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/contact-us/"><strong>Contact</strong></a>    </li></ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="navigation_lang" class="float_right text_center color_black"> <div id="flags_language_selector"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/europe/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/fr.png" height="12" alt="fr" width="18" />FR  </a><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/es/europa/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/es.png" height="12" alt="es" width="18" />ES  </a><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/en.png" height="12" alt="en" width="18" />EN  </div > </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <br /> <div id="content" class="float_left text_left ul_margin"> <p class="no_print"><small></small></p> <div class="content_block"> <p class="text_right no_print"><small><a href="#" onclick="window.print();">Print <img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/content_print.png" alt="" /></a> | <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/europe/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/fr.png" alt="Français" /></a> <a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/es/europa/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/es.png" alt="Español" /></a> </small></p> <h2>Europe</h2> <div class="link_underline"> <p> European languages are grouped in only 7 families, but one of them, the Indo-European family, contains some of the most used languages in the world such as English, Spanish, or French. Minority languages are less numerous than elsewhere, however, as they have generally been erased over the past centuries by the dominant languages.<br /> Here you will find a set of documents relating to these European languages: articles written by linguists, anthropologists, teachers and journalists, and description sheets of the languages and language families of the continent. We also hope to be able to post videos on these languages in the near future. </p> <p> </p> <table border="0" width="755"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div class="content_section_title"> <h3><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en/videos-about-languages-in-europe/">Videos about languages in Europe</a></h3> </div> </td> <td> <div class="content_section_title"> <h3><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en/texts-about-languages-europe/">Texts about languages in Europe</a></h3> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 15px;"> <div class="content_section_title"> <h3><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en/language-families-in-europe/">Language families in Europe</a></h3> </div> </td> <td style="padding-top: 15px;"> <div class="content_section_title"> <h3><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en/european-languages/">Languages of Europe</a></h3> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br /> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="float_right"> <div class="sidebar_search color_white text_center"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://www.sorosoro.org/en//"> <p><span class="float_left padding_search"><strong>Search</strong> <input type="text" name="s" id="s" value="" onclick="this.value=''" style="width: 230px; height:25px" /> </span> <span class="float_right"><input type="image" src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/sidebar_search_go.jpg" id="searchsubmit" /> </span></p> </form> </div>   <div class="block_sidebar text_left list_style_none"> <div id="sidebar_map"> <div id="sidebar_map_text" class="float_left font_20px_bold color_white padding_top"> <span class="float_left padding_search"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/language-planisphere/" target="_blank">Language Planisphere</a></span><div id="sidebar_map_arrow" class="float_right color_white"> <p class="padding_none"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/language-planisphere/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/hp_map_arrow.png" alt="" class="sidebar_map_arrow_image float_right" /></a></p> </div> </div> <p class="padding_none"><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/language-planisphere/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/hp_map.jpg" alt="" class="sidebar_map_image" /></a></p> <div id="sidebar_map_text" class="float_left font_13px color_white "> <p><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/language-planisphere/" target="_blank">Find out where thousands of languages are spoken</a></p> </div>  <div class="clear"></div> </div> <br />  <div id="container"> <section id="accordion"> <div> <input type="checkbox" id="check-1" /> <label for="check-1"> <div class="sidebar_menu color_white padding_top font_13px"> All about the languages of the world </div> </label> <article> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/all-about-languages-in-the-world/language-groups-throughout-the-world/">Language families</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/all-about-languages-in-the-world/facts-and-figures-on-endangered-languages/">Endangered languages</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/all-about-languages-in-the-world/the-new-languages/">« New » languages</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/all-about-languages-in-the-world/linguistics-for-beginners/">Linguistics for beginners</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_espace"> </div> </article> </div> <div> <input type="checkbox" id="check-2" /> <label for="check-2"> <div class="sidebar_menu color_white padding_top font_13px"> They work on cultural diversity </div> </label> <article> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/they-work-on-linguistic-and-cultural-diversity/the-sources-of-documentation/">The sources of documentation</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/they-work-on-linguistic-and-cultural-diversity/scientists/">The scientists</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/they-work-on-linguistic-and-cultural-diversity/the-defense-of-peoples-and-aboriginal-cultures/">Defending autochtonous peoples and cultures</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/they-work-on-linguistic-and-cultural-diversity/art-projects/">Artistic projects</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_espace"> </div> </article> </div> <div> <input type="checkbox" id="check-3" /> <label for="check-3"> <div class="sidebar_menu color_white padding_top font_13px"> They wrote about languages </div> </label> <article> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/texts-by-theme/">Texts by topic</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_menu padding_sidebar font_13px"> <a href="/en/texts-by-authors/">Texts by author</a> </div> <div class="sidebar_sous_espace"> </div> </article> </div> <div class="sidebar_menu color_white padding_top font_13px"> <a href="/en/category/news/">News of endangered languages</a> </div> </section> </div>  <div class="font_12px"><br /> <p>Sorosoro is a program carried by the WOLACO Association (World Languages Conservancy) and supported by the Laboratory of Excellence ASLAN (Advanced Studies on language complexity) from the University of Lyon. </p> </div> <div id="sidebar_logo"> <p><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/logo_wolaco.jpg" alt="" class="sidebar_logos" /> <a href="http://aslan.universite-lyon.fr/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/logo_univ_lyon.jpg" alt="" class="sidebar_logos_univ" /></a> </p> </div> </div> <br /> </div> <br /><br /> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="footer_tabs_bottom"></div> <div id="footer" class="color_white list_style_none list_inline"> <div id="footer_left" class="float_left text_left"> <p><small><strong>SOROSORO © Copyright 2015 - Rozenn Milin / Kinoa / Yihui Zhan</strong></small></p> </div> <div id="footer_right" class="float_right text_right"> <ul><li class="color_white"><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/legal-notice/">Legal notice</a>   |   </small></li><li class="color_white"><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/photo-credits/">Photo credits</a>   |   </small></li><li><a href="/en/feed/"><img src="https://www.sorosoro.org/wp-content/themes/sorosoro/images/rss.png" /></a></li></ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="navigation_menu" class="text_left"></div> <div id="js_menu0" style="display: none;"><ul><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/the-digital-encyclopedia-of-languages/">An endangered languages documentation program</a></small><br /><br /></li><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/shooting-team/">The field crews</a></small><br /><br /></li><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/the-sorosoro-conferences/">The Sorosoro conferences</a></small><br /><br /></li><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/scientific-committee/">The Scientific board</a></small><br /><br /></li><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/a-website/">A website</a></small><br /><br /></li><li><small><a href="https://www.sorosoro.org/en/the-sorosoro-programme/partners/">Our partners</a></small><br /><br /></li></ul></div><div id="js_menu1" style="display: none;"></div><div id="js_menu2" style="display: none;"></div><div id="js_menu3" style="display: none;"></div><div id="js_menu4" style="display: none;"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9683517-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> </body> </html>