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| Olekander Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5885 days ago 122 posts - 136 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Russian | Message 89 of 94 06 October 2014 at 10:43pm | IP Logged |
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for me it has to be Tamil. Every since I travelled to Tamil Nadu back when I was a teen
I can't forget the look of bewilderment when I read out the headline of a newspaper to a localman. I didn;t know what it meant but it was only a few letters and I had started learning the alphabet. ever since ive promised myself that I will learn it to a proficient level. I don't have the time at the moment. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tornus Diglot GroupieRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5145 days ago 82 posts - 113 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Swedish, Danish | Message 90 of 94 07 October 2014 at 8:44pm | IP Logged |
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I've been resisting lately to not learn Chinese. I want to achieve a decent level in Danish first. But that language is fascinating and would give me so much opportunities. My brother started learning the language and I envy him a lot. Let see how it goes in a year. :)
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| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4870 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 91 of 94 08 October 2014 at 10:51am | IP Logged |
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Definitely Korean. I probably wouldn't have gotten this far if I'd had any other choice :D
Mandarin also calls out to me in a similar manner. Sometimes I get this irresistible urge to watch an episode of a Chinese drama, just to listen to the language. So I will probably succumb eventually and start studying. But only when my obsession with Korean lets me... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4641 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 92 of 94 08 October 2014 at 2:16pm | IP Logged |
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Those who read my irregularly updated log will know that the language I cannot resist is Romansh. The fact that I spend a lot of my free time on a language spoken by 50.000 persons in the easternmost part of Switzerland, and more specifically on Sursilvan, one of the five variants, or idioms, of this language, which is spoken by about 25.000 people, should be proof enough of how irresistible it is. Thankfully, there is plenty of literature in the language, there is a radio and TV station, and lot of interesting music being performed in Romansh. So although I hardly ever get to speak with a native, I still can interact with the language every day.
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| drygramul Tetraglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4470 days ago 165 posts - 269 votes Speaks: Persian, Italian*, EnglishC2, GermanB2 Studies: French, Polish | Message 93 of 94 08 October 2014 at 5:18pm | IP Logged |
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For someone who doesn't live in that area, or has no heritage associated, Romansh is a pretty interesting choice. To me it sounds like a Western Lombard dialect with a Portuguese pronunciation and German loanwords.
To stay on topic: I love Polish, it just sounds so melodic with all those consonant clusters. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6107 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 94 of 94 08 October 2014 at 6:25pm | IP Logged |
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I've got a soft spot for Latvian. My resistance periodically weakens, especially when I hear it - What does Latvian sound like? and Meet Latvia
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