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| brumblebee Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6776 days ago 206 posts - 212 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 1 of 109 14 May 2006 at 1:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Which 10 languages would you learn just for pure fun?
I think that I would learn: (Besides English and Spanish) Italian Icelandic Slovenian Mandarin Welsh Bulgarian Indonesian Thai Lithuanian Georgian Honorable Mentions: Estonian, Basque, Sanskrit, Maltese and Faeroese Dont ask me why! :D Edited by brumblebee on 14 May 2006 at 11:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| unzum Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom soyouwanttolearnalan Joined 6915 days ago 371 posts - 478 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 2 of 109 14 May 2006 at 5:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I learn languages pretty much just for fun anyway but here's my list:
Latvian Persian Japanese Cantonese Norwegian Polish Kurdish Korean Djabugay (an Aboriginal language spoken in the area around Cairns) Bengali 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| surfingnirvana Newbie United States Joined 6825 days ago 37 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Turkish, Japanese, Armenian | Message 3 of 109 14 May 2006 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ok for fun... 1)Indonesian-Because I heard it is the most easy language. But, I also think that its one tense grmmar is interesting and so is the culture, and of course the location is gorgeous :) 2)Romany-I am part Romani, and my dad knows some from his father. They have a long and rich history, and the language shows this(although the dialect my grandfather spoke was I suppose one of the earlier varieties, since his clan stayed in Armenia and did not migrate far enough to get a German and Romance vocabulary, however LOTS of Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Persian. And it is based on Sanskrit, how cool is that =D? 3)Hungarian-The Language Lovers Everest? I think itd be cool to see what the fuss is all about. And speak with Zsa Zsa? Oh yes! ^_^ 4)Romanian-I am interested by the idea of the Slavic sounding Romance language. I think it is interesting, because it is like an isolated member of the Romance family. I mean you have Italy and France and Spain and Portugal right next to eachother(along with Occitan and Sicilianu and Catalan), and there is Romanian and Aromanian all by themselves. Heh ^_^ 5)Russian-I am part Russian! And the sound of it I always thought was rather seductive and just...pretty. In an odd eastern european way hehe ^_^!! 6)Armenian-I am of course part Armenian =D And the alphabet looks interesting. I already speak Japanese so I think that the SOV wont bother me. And hey, it is the country that gave us Cher hehe 7)Vietnamese-My cousin Katie(Who I get to visit in Ireland this summer yay)went to Vietnam(and is there now)to teach English and she learned this. I heard it is VERY hard for English speakers. Hehe, she thought Japanese was hard, a tonal language scares me to heck! 8)Irish-Part Irish, and going there this Summer! I am studying it actively, and it is so hard to pronounce!!! Its ok, Im staying with family, they wont crucify me :D 9)Polish-Part Polish, and I think that it is a cool country ^_^ 10)Mandarin-Id like to communicate with half of the world ^_^ Edited by surfingnirvana on 15 May 2006 at 9:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6857 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 4 of 109 14 May 2006 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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By "fun" I think "linguistic interest", so the languages I want to study more for the languages themselves than for utility are:
Georgian Estonian Lithuanian Norwegian Malay Swahili Mongolian Icelandic Burmese Maltese And those are just the more common ones. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 5 of 109 14 May 2006 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just ten? :-) Well, ok. For me, I'll choose the first 10 that come to mind...
French Portuguese Swahili Arabic Icelandic Japanese Ancient Greek (Attic and Koine dialects) Latin Finnish Chinese Honorable mentions were Norwegian and Esperanto, but while I still have a lot to learn regarding them, I've already studied them a little bit. French I did in high school, but learned very little. Edited by Journeyer on 14 May 2006 at 10:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| brumblebee Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6776 days ago 206 posts - 212 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 6 of 109 14 May 2006 at 11:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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You can add more than 10, I just thought that, that was a good number for a list like this :D
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| Alfonso Octoglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6862 days ago 511 posts - 536 votes Speaks: Biblical Hebrew, Spanish*, French, English, Tzotzil, Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Greek Studies: Nahuatl, Tzeltal, German | Message 7 of 109 14 May 2006 at 11:45pm | IP Logged | ||
If this is what we consider as "by fun", my list is this: 1.- Sanskrit 2.- Old English 3.- Euskera 4.- Aragones or Asturiano 5.- Finnish 6.- Turkish and some of the most widely spoken constructed languages 7.- Esperanto 8.- Lobjan 9.- Europanto 10.- Interlingua 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 8 of 109 15 May 2006 at 12:12am | IP Logged | ||
Well, no need to bite off more than I can chew, I'm sure ten will keep me busy for quite a while. A professor at my college and I were talking about different languages, and at the conclusion of our conversation, he told me to drop him a line when I learned my first 25... I don't know what those would be, but if I make it, which I had dreams of attaining anyway, they would include hopefully some exotic ones, like Hawaiian and Irish, and I imagine I would also include Dutch if for no other reason, it was his first language, so I'd want to talk to him in that. EDIT: I agree, by the way, 10 is a nice round number. :-D Edited by Journeyer on 15 May 2006 at 12:13am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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