Spanish originated in Spain, and it closely resembles Portuguese, as both are
Latin in their derivation and, therefore, Romance languages.

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The French language originated in France. It is a Romance language as are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian since they all descend from what originally was the spoken Latin language.

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The official language of Italy and it has evolved over time, primarily because of the poet Dante Alighieri, who modernized the language by blending the Italian dialects, Sicilian and Tuscan. While the language’s Tuscan roots are more prevalent, the now-extinct language, Dalmatian, also inspired Dante. With the combination of these three Romance dialects, the Italian language evolved into its modern state.

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Portuguese has over 200 million native speakers, and it is the sixth most common language in the world. The language originated from Latin roots and became popular after a Roman invasion of the western region of the Iberian Peninsula (the area known today as Portugal) during the third century BC.

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Lebanese Arabic is a Levantine dialect. The term “Levantine” derives from “The Levant,” which is the geographical region of the eastern Mediterranean that encompasses Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Hatay Province of southern Turkey.

Although the official language of Egypt is Modern Standard Arabic, its people speak Egyptian Arabic. Written in the Arabic alphabet, the language is spoken by over 77 million people throughout the world, though mostly concentrated in Egypt.

Iraqi Arabic is the dialect of Arabic that is used in Iraq. Iraqi Arabic is quite similar in spelling and pronunciation to its neighboring country’s form of Arabic, called Kuwaiti Arabic. This is one of the most difficult and complex varieties of Arabic, at a similar level to other hard Arabic dialects such as Hijazi and Yemeni.

Palestinian Arabic, like many other Middle Eastern languages, is a dialect of the more official Modern Standard Arabic language. However, though various countries have their own dialects, Palestinian Arabic is most similar to Syrian and Lebanese Arabic and is considered a Levantine dialect, named after the Levant region that encompasses Jordan, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Turkey’s Hatay province.

For many years I struggled to learn Spanish, and still knew no more than about 20 words and consequently was extremely frustrated. One day I stumbled upon this method as I was playing around with word combinations. Suddenly I came to the realization that every language has a certain core group of words that are most commonly used in a language, and simply by learning them, one could gain ability to engage in fluent communication.

I discovered which those words were, narrowed them down to 350, and that once memorized, one could then connect and create one’s own sentences. THE VARIATIONS WERE and ARE, INFINITE!!! By using this incredibly simple technique I could converse at a proficient level and speak Spanish. Within a week I astonished my Spanish speaking friends with my new found ability. The following semester I registered at my university for a Spanish Speaking Course and I applied the same principles I learned in that class (grammar, additional vocabulary, future and past tense, etc.) to those 350 words I already had memorized and immediately I felt as if I had grown wings and learned how to fly. At the end of the semester we took a class trip to San José, Costa Rica. I was like a fish in water, while the rest of my classmates were floundering and still struggling to converse.