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| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5609 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes  Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 209 of 346 27 July 2009 at 5:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Mandarin (native)
01. English (necessary) 02. Japanese (helpful in Asia) 03. German (helpful in Europe) 04. Italian (pleasant to hear & speak) 05. French (hard to resist though it can't attract everybody) 06. Arabic (mystery) 07. Spanish (helpful in Latin America, similar to Portuguese) 08. Russian (helpful in former "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics") 09. Thai (helpful in South-East Asia) 10. Minnanese (=Taiwanese) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5730 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 210 of 346 27 July 2009 at 7:55am | IP Logged | ||
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1. Spanish (useful in the USA and South America)
2. French (I love Canada) 3. Portuguese (Brazil is awesome) 4. Hebrew (I'm of Israeli descent and it'd be nice to get back in touch with that side) 5. Italian (Beautiful language) 6. Greek (Nice alphabet) 7. German (Why not?) 8. Irish (to make my mother proud) 9. Dakota (get back in touch with my Sioux side) 10. Russian (A good challenge) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5609 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 211 of 346 27 July 2009 at 8:24am | IP Logged | ||
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In Israel, I wonder, if I talk to Israelis in Arabic, would they be unhappy to hear it. Thanks!
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| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5730 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 212 of 346 27 July 2009 at 8:31am | IP Logged | ||
Yes. At least I would be. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5910 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 213 of 346 27 July 2009 at 11:01am | IP Logged | ||
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Ehh... OK I guess I'll take out English and the ones I'm already studying or have studied (Italian being the most recent one). In no particular order:
Estonian Finnish Icelandic Greek (modern) Hungarian Hebrew Hindi Mandarin Japanese Ancient Egyptian 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5609 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 214 of 346 27 July 2009 at 11:36am | IP Logged | ||
Classical Chinese 古文观止(Simplified): http://zh.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%8F%A4%E6%96%8 7%E8%A7%80%E6%AD%A2&variant=zh-hans 古文觀止(Traditional): http://zh.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%8F%A4%E6%96%8 7%E8%A7%80%E6%AD%A2&variant=zh-hant 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rhoda Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5601 days ago 166 posts - 196 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, Swahili, Ancient Greek, German | Message 215 of 346 27 July 2009 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would advise the following, based purely on how intriguing I find the languages:
1) English (native) 2) French (absolutely beautiful and a gateway to some phenomenal literature, films, & culture and a great country) 3) Russian (it's just cool) 4) Hungarian (ditto) 5) Arabic (a language with a fascinating culture & history. Personally, I'd go for Egyptian Arabic) 6) Swahili (East Africa = lions + giraffes + elephants.) 7) Czech (another place with a rich cultural story) 8) Hindi/Urdu (ditto) 9) German (great country, fun language) 10) One of the following: Polish, Sanskrit, Greek, Romanian, or Turkish Edited by Rhoda on 27 July 2009 at 11:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6080 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 216 of 346 27 July 2009 at 6:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Without Norwegian and English:
1. Japanese (the world's most awesome language) 2. Italian (very interesting language, sounds great, I don't know much of it's culture yet) 3. French (aunt and uncle living in France, love the country) 4. German (close to Norwegian, fun sounding, nice country) 5. Spanish (lovely language) 6. Urdu (intriguing language, also a lot of immigrants in Norway speak Urdu. I'm convinced those guys behind the counter in the kebab store is talking shit about me in Urdu ;p) 7. Chinese (awesome language) 8. Russian (awesome language) 9. Arabic (awesome language) 10. Hungarian (awesome language, I also have a Hungarian friend) Edited by mrhenrik on 27 July 2009 at 6:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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