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| Noremac_143 Newbie United States Joined 3738 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 1 of 19 30 August 2014 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've been learning Spanish for some time now and I'd like to move on to another language
before I start college in the late fall. The languages I'm most interested in are: Arabic French German Hebrew Hindi Indonesian/Malaysian Russian Turkish I'm not entirely sure which to choice. I'd like to learn Afrikaans, Irish, and Swedish as well. I want to learn a language to interact with those that I normally wouldn't have the opportunity to, but South Africa, Ireland, and Sweden have huge amounts of English speakers, so that definitely makes it less of a "priority". I am interested in anthropology and the study of multiple cultures. I have an affinity for the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. I would like a language that would help me with job prospects, in addition to Spanish, and one that I could use to travel to the nation(s) that speaks it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5129 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes  Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 2 of 19 30 August 2014 at 9:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Because of your interest in the Middle East (well, you mentioned it first in a list of half the planet), I'd go with either Arabic or Turkish.
But... when you get to college, you're bound to meet people from all over the world. Why not wait until then? That might help you decide. As far as job prospects go, do you know what you're going to major in? Another language by itself won't really help you with a job, but in combination with your studies, it could be of great help. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 30 August 2014 at 9:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5235 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 3 of 19 30 August 2014 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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When people ask this question they normally already know the answer. But consider; you can learn them all, so just rank them in the order in which you would prefer to learn them and start on the first one.
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| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5598 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 4 of 19 30 August 2014 at 10:56pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, that would be possible to to with all the languages you mentioned, with the deplorable exception of Irish :-( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4706 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 5 of 19 31 August 2014 at 1:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Hebrew, nobody else does it and it's awesome
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| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4687 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 6 of 19 31 August 2014 at 4:05am | IP Logged | ||
Depends on your situation (the "nobody else does it" part, not the "it's awesome" part). Hebrew is the most common non-English language I encounter in person, and I live in the same country as the OP (it's a big country, I know). It's really easy for me to forget how uncommon Hebrew is, statistically speaking. ...דרך אגב ...unlike some other languages, I rarely hear someone express an interest in learning Hebrew without having a very concrete reason for being interested. But then again, I've already established above that my microcosm is not a representative sample, so what do I know. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 7 of 19 31 August 2014 at 5:03am | IP Logged | ||
Learn Finnish. Now get to work. ;-) 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3744 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French | Message 8 of 19 31 August 2014 at 7:17am | IP Logged | ||
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I would say depending on your interests Arabic + French.
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