Who Is Latin The Official Language?

The United States is built up of different ethnic groups such as Latinos, Asians, African- Americans, Native Americans, etc. People from these groups speak different languages. In the U.S. majority of the people speak English; one might think that English is the official language, but the U.S. does not have an official language. Some might have a problem with this idea. In “Why the U.S. Needs an Official Language” by Mauro E. Mujica, he argues that America needs to adopt English as its language. He states many factors on why the U.S. needs an official language are because it costs too much if people do learn it and he believes the U.S. is losing its sense of unity. I disagree with Mujica, I do not believe the U.S. needs an official language

Language plays a significant role in defining who we are. It is a method of communication in a structured and conventional way. “Language reinforces feelings of social superiority or inferiority; it creates insiders and outsiders” (p. 242) states Robert MacNeil (2012) in his article “English Belongs to Everybody”.

English today is the most commonly used global language for commerce and it is the main language of the international diplomacy. And maybe the most important for them, it’s the most common language on the internet. Also, the language that integrand

     The millions of people who lived in the Roman Empire spoke many languages and followed many different customs and religions. But the Roman Empire bound them together under a common system of law and government. The languages

The Roman Empire’s culture has impacted the lives of many Americans, framing our ways of life. Romance languages have significantly affected the languages we speak today. The Roman languages consists of four languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and

The Roman people managed to spread their Latin language across Europe and over a period of short duration, Latin became known as the Romance language. Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Rumanian all developed out of the Latin language. For instance, in Latin the word freedom is pronounced or written as libertas, it was translated in Italian as liberta, in French as libertein, in Portuguese as liberdade, in Spanish as libertad, and in Romanian as libertate. This is a clear indication of how rich the Roman language was and the influence it had on other communities across the world.

There have been many negative comments about Latinos in the past and till this day. Even though Latinos are a growing community are still criticized for apparently: not doing anything productive for the states, coming from a different culture and not being able to succeed in life. Latinos are brought down for all the wrong reason and by those who have no knowledge of what and who Latinos really are.

Would you stay in America? What would you choose? The English language should not be the official language of the U.S. simply due to the fact that we are a country made up of many different cultures and ethnicities. If the language spoken was to be changed to one that many may not know or understand that would make some decide to either stay in America or to leave. For example some of the possibilities that could happen if such action was to take place would be that it could change the culture, traditions, and in ones way of life, also the way our country is viewed would change, and also may cause many problems in society all together in America.

Latin America took similar revolutionary movements in the Spanish speaking nations that the United States took against England, but the paths they took after that vary greatly. The way that the Spanish and Portuguese had controlled Latin America played a large role in the set up for how Latin America would cope after gaining independence.

According to urban legends, German was almost the official language of the United States (Sick, Bastian). In the myth, a group of Germans living in the United States got a petition for German to be the official language of the United States to Congress in 1794. By one vote, it didn’t pass. As you can see, having an official language in the USA was a topic of debate ever since the founding fathers were alive (“National American?”). Having a national language would mean all official government business is conducted in English (“Official English”). I believe that the USA shouldn’t have an official language since it goes against freedom of speech, it would be racist, and it wouldn’t help unite the country.

Many of the Romans exchanged their culture and language when they met the Romans that spoke Latin. In doing this caused us now to have multiple different languages that have similar words. When they exchanged their culture this caused the Latin language to be used worldwide, especially in Mexico, Central America, and South America also known as the western Hemisphere. Therefore, without the Latin language and the small isolated town named Latium we wouldn't have all the languages we do

The term alma mater refers to ‘a school, college, or university’ and translates roughly to ‘nourishing land/mother’. From the Latin word alma, meaning ‘nourishing’, and mater, meaning ‘mother’, alma mater suggests that a school should provide intellectual support and guidance for a student. Today, alma mater can sometimes refer to a school hymn or victory cry and in Catholicism, is related to the Virgin Mary.

Our city Wonder is a great city with many different places, cultures and people. Wonder’s main spoken language is English. Although the main language is English, we are also very multi cultural. People from countries and religions from all around the world. For example, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. To support the different cultures and religions, we have many places like churches and masjids for people to go to. We are also against hate and racism against other religions and people.

Spanish is the official language spoken in 20 different countries and it is one of the most spoken languages around the world based on the number of people who are native speakers. Spanish is one of the official languages of the United Nations and it is spoken as first and second language for more than 400 million people. Many people may think that Spanish is just one language, therefore, it should be understood the same way by all Spanish speakers around the world; which is true up to a point. The truth is, there are thousands of ways in which a person can write or say something in Spanish and each country has developed a unique way of using a specific word. Countries that speak Spanish have a wide combination of words and slang words that make them unique in themselves, giving Spanish language a different identity according to the place people live in.

     “In the world were over seven thousand languages have exisisted, one language had become dominate. This dominant language is English.” “In the majority of countries throughout the world speak English as their second or first language, no longer just America or England.” English has taken many forms, American English, the Queen’s English, Australian, Canadian English, and several others. Even American English has taken several types of English, Jersey English, East Coast English, West Coast English, Southern English, slang English, and Ebonics. All of these languages have major variants between them, but are all of them are still understood aboard. Without English the world couldn’t operate,