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| cmj Octoglot Groupie Switzerland Joined 5331 days ago 58 posts - 191 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Arabic (classical), Latin, Italian | Message 321 of 346 14 November 2010 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hmmm... For me literary, philosophical and religious traditions are the most important factor determining my interest in languages, although learning to speak is a lot of fun too. My dream list is the following, presupposing knowledge of English as a native language. It's in no particular order (except for the ones I haven't studied being at the end):
1) French 2) German 3) Spanish 4) Italian 5) Ancient Greek 6) Latin 7) Arabic 8) Sanskrit 9) Chinese (Mandarin and Classical, if I can get away with counting them together) 10) Japanese Honourable mention: Persian Edited by cmj on 14 November 2010 at 3:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mshergill Newbie India Joined 5129 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: French, English | Message 322 of 346 14 November 2010 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow this is a very interesting thread !!!! Being an Indian I am fluent in English, Hindi (So called national language) and Punjabi. (Regional language) The interesting thing is that the writing systems (alphabets) are different for all three.
The first foreign language which I am trying to learn is French. I find the language very chic, and love the sounds. A large number of people speak the language. The second foreign language that I am learning is Russian. I needed to learn a language which has a totatly different sound system, so that I dont get confused. We get a lot of Russian visitors to India. Also I like the rich culture, beautiful women etc etc !!!! Once I master French, I will start learning Spanish. My son will start going to college in the US, and I can visit South America then. (From the US) Once I finish Russian, I would like to learn Mandarin. I have been several times to China and would love to communicate with the people over there and to enjoy the culture more. Once I master Spanish, I would like to start studying Portugeuese, as I wish to visit Brazil, since its a wonderful country. If I have the energy after this (Mid 40's now) then I would go in for Arabic and Farsi. Farsi used to be the court language in India till 150 years ago. Its a very rich language, and there is very nice poetry in it. Arabic I would learn the Eastern Arabic and then Egyptian Arabic. Other languages that is of interest to me after the above are Turkish and Japanese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dotdotdot Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5212 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Korean, English* Studies: Italian, Russian | Message 323 of 346 15 November 2010 at 11:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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besides the two languages I already know (English and Korean) then it would be...
1) Russian 2) Italian 3) German 4) Lithuanian 5) Hungarian 6) Belarusian 7) Latin or Ancient Greek 8) French 9) Bulgarian 10) Japanese Edited by dotdotdot on 17 November 2010 at 11:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ericounet Senior Member France yojik.euRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5428 days ago 157 posts - 414 votes Studies: English, German, Russian | Message 324 of 346 26 December 2010 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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1) English
2) Russian 3) German 4) Chinese 5) Korean 6) Japanese 7) Arabic maybe Spanish ... it will be enough :) Edited by Ericounet on 26 December 2010 at 6:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Segata Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5164 days ago 64 posts - 125 votes Speaks: German*, Japanese, English Studies: Korean, Esperanto | Message 325 of 346 26 December 2010 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | ||
What? No! Who told you so? I want to learn way more! But for what it's worth.. 1. English 2. Japanese (+Classical Japanese) 3. Korean <-- I'm here 4. Esperanto 5. Mandarin Chinese (+Classical Chinese) 6. French 7. Spanish 8. Portugese 9. Russian 10. Any North-germanic language. Probably Swedish 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cowlegend999 Groupie CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5137 days ago 72 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 326 of 346 27 December 2010 at 12:35am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm on 15 right now so I hope I can continue learning languages throughout my life. Here is what I would
learn (not what the op is necessarily asking). I picked these because I love the cultures of the countries. 1. English (my native language, I only need to learn 9 to be a decaglot) 2. Cantonese (where I am currently) 3. French 4. Italian 5. Mandarin 6. German 7. Spanish 8. Korean 9. Russian 10. Japanese I hope to complete this list one day and maybe even move on to other languages I haven't listed 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Merv Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5266 days ago 414 posts - 749 votes Speaks: English*, Serbo-Croatian* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 327 of 346 27 December 2010 at 12:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Language families:
1.) Romance: Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian 2.) Germanic: German, Norwegian, Dutch 3.) Slavic: Polish, Russian, Czech 4.) Altaic: Turkish, Japanese, Korean 5.) Indo-Iranian: Farsi, Hindi-Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi 6.) Semitic: classical Hebrew, Arabic 7.) Dravidian: Tamil, Telugu 8.) Bantu: Swahili 9.) Sino-Tibetan: Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese 10.) Hellenic: ancient Greek 11.) Southeast Asian: Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Malay-Bahasa Indonesian 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| bio_kid23 Newbie United States Joined 5072 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* | Message 328 of 346 29 December 2010 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love odd languages...This is what I would like to learn. I think the other people here have down the 'languages by usefulness'...
1.Spanish 2.French 3.Swedish 4.Icelandic 5.Mandarin 6.Irish 7.Tagalog 8.Inuktitut 9.Mongolian 10.Finnish 1 person has voted this message useful |
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