The Council of Europe and the European Union have declared September 26 European Day of Languages whose aim is to encourage language learning across Europe.

Most of the European languages are of Indo-European origin. However, according to EU 2020, there German Federal Statistical Office, there are also 225 indigenous languages. Russia alone is home to over a hundred languages including Chechen, Tatar, Baskir.

ATTENTION TEACHERS: The European Day of Languages website has tons of language games and other classroom resources.

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