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| screamadelics Newbie United States Joined 6929 days ago 34 posts - 35 votes | Message 17 of 149 08 December 2005 at 1:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For the humanistic polyglot, I'd say
English French Italian Latin Attic Greek (with knowledge of the Epic and Koine dialects) German Russian Based on the literary giants of the modern and ancient worlds. For the worldly polyglot: English (most of the world) Spanish (Latin America) Mandarin Chinese (China) Standard Arabic (the Muslim world) French (North, Central, and West Africa, France) German (Central and Eastern Europe) I know I'm leaving out some areas (most notably Russia, but as I understand it, a lot of people in former Communist countries resent Russia and much prefer German as a second language if they don't know English -- can anyonne confirm?) but the above should give you most of the world. Edited by screamadelics on 08 December 2005 at 5:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6957 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 149 08 December 2005 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oops! For some reason I'd counted German, which is unlikely to be considered an official language considering how and why the UN was formed. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| orion Senior Member United States Joined 6963 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 19 of 149 08 December 2005 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hmmm,lets see for a TRUE polyglot, non-wuss variety :)
Mandarin Japanese Korean Arabic Finnish Russian Basque Hungarian I omit English, since dang near everyone in the world speaks it anyway (even Americans). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| beelemache Triglot Newbie France Joined 6884 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: French Studies: German, English, Spanish | Message 20 of 149 09 December 2005 at 1:45am | IP Logged | |||||
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I thought portuguese was the 7th language at the UN...
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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6901 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 21 of 149 09 December 2005 at 5:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and English are the 6 official languages of the United Nations. Got this from the official United Nations website, so it must be right.
For a "true polyglot" what ever we´re saying that means, I would add German, Japanese and Hindi. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hackseng Newbie Canada Joined 6866 days ago 15 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 22 of 149 10 December 2005 at 10:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Useful" is a subjective term. For me, Korean is more "useful" than French or Spanish. I say, pick your languages and know them well.
But I know what you're trying to ask, so I'll go ahead and say what I think a polyglot master should have: Mandarin Inuktitut Finnish (or Estonian) Swahili Aramaic If anyone masters those languages in a lifetime you're a polyglot in my books! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6957 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 149 11 December 2005 at 4:24am | IP Logged | |||||
Do you think you could have found any harder languages? These are far too easy :) Maybe you could add the "click" languages of Africa to the list. P.S. What do wuss polyglots study? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Walshy Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6884 days ago 335 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German | Message 24 of 149 11 December 2005 at 5:20am | IP Logged | |||||
Well, not to put anyone down for studying such languages, but I'd have to say the 'wussy' languages are highly consistent, artificial languages. Of course, Esperanto will be the leader here, though I don't doubt it's usefulness for a second, and I will definently learn it myself someday Another 'non-wuss' language would have to be 'cherokee' IIRC. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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