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The last language you would want to learn | ||
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| Nea Vanille Diglot Newbie Korea, SouthRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6166 days ago 28 posts - 48 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC1 Studies: Korean | Message 113 of 346 16 January 2008 at 12:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, there's plenty!
1) all and any ancient languages no longer in use. 2) all and any artificial languages including Esperanto, Klingon and Elvish. 3) all and any languages spoken by less than, say, 20 million people, and all and any languages for which no material such as novels, literature or TV shows/movies are available. The major exception to this rule are Swedish and Norwegian which I have been oddly fascinated with for a very long time and plan to pursue at one time or another regardless of their relative usefulness. 4) Middle-Eastern languages, including Turkish, Syrian, Hebrew... as I have no interest in the culture. 5) Italian. Horrible Teacher in High School Syndrome! 6) Most African languages. I'm not especially interested in Africa, either. 7) Turkish, for having been turned off to it by immigrants who won't assimilate and learn our language back in Germany. It may be unreasonable, but my bad experiences make enjoyment from this language seem quite impossible. Edited by Nea Vanille on 19 January 2008 at 11:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rggg Heptaglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6326 days ago 373 posts - 426 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay Studies: Romanian, Catalan, Greek, German, Swedish | Message 114 of 346 16 January 2008 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not quite sure yet.
Out of the languages spoken in Europe I'd say that Hungarian would be the last language I want to learn. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6239 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 115 of 346 16 January 2008 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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I can't imagine ever needing to speak Lao, Kyrgyz, or Somali (just to name a few).
But then, ten years ago I would have never wanted to learn Bulgarian. Yet now it's on the top of my list. Life often changes our plans. :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Seth Diglot Changed to RedKing’sDream Senior Member United States Joined 7225 days ago 240 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Persian | Message 116 of 346 16 January 2008 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would have said the same a year ago, but Kyrgyz actually sounds pretty cool.
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| PolyglotNZ Pentaglot Groupie New ZealandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6205 days ago 71 posts - 91 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, German, Mandarin, Japanese Studies: Polish, Swedish, Hungarian, Russian | Message 117 of 346 17 January 2008 at 12:13am | IP Logged | ||
How about Estonian, Finnish or Basque? Hungarian has more speakers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| uliuliuli Triglot Newbie Finland Joined 6313 days ago 22 posts - 22 votes Speaks: German*, English, French Studies: Norwegian, Finnish | Message 118 of 346 17 January 2008 at 6:40am | IP Logged | ||
Uhm. You know that there are much less than 20 million people who speak Norwegian or Swedish..? Even if you assume that all the countries' inhabitants are fluent in these languages (which is not the case) and that Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are actually the same language (which is not the case), they'd still belong to those "all and any languages" you'd never want to learn. Besides I hope that Koreans won't find it off-putting to have Germans living in their country, and that ignorance makes happy at least. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6239 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 119 of 346 17 January 2008 at 7:54am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think it's so important how many people speak a language. To me, it's more important WHERE those people live. For example, according to Wikipedia, Uzbek has 20 million speakers. But this language is mostly limited to two or three countries. On the other hand, most of us consider languages like Swedish, Africaans, Danish, or even Basque to be more useful, and they all have fewer speakers.
Again, however, a language is only "important" if you need or want it. If you plan to move to Uzbekistan, or marry an Ukbek, then this language is on the top of your list. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| rggg Heptaglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6326 days ago 373 posts - 426 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay Studies: Romanian, Catalan, Greek, German, Swedish | Message 120 of 346 17 January 2008 at 8:26am | IP Logged | ||
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PolyglotNZ:
I can't really say why .... so far whenever I've watched a Hungarian movie o when I've listened to someone speaking in Hungarian, I just don't like it....and I'm truly unable to identify the reasons. Maybe with a little more exposure and time, I'd find that beauty I'm sure the Hungarian language possesses. About Finnish and Estonian, even though they belong to the same Finno-Ugric family .... well ..... I just don't get the same feeling as with Hungarian, I guess I could say that even if similar or related, they sound different enough to me. Take care!!! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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