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27 Mar 2018, 11:50 am

If you could magically become fluent in 10 languages that are foreign to you, by this I mean speak and read, what would they be? My native language is English, and I would lean:

1. Spanish
2. French
3. German
4. Russian
5. Japanese
6. Chinese (the main Mandarian dialect)
7. Arabic
8. Italian
9. Hebrew
10. Greek


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27 Mar 2018, 5:16 pm

japanese
okinawan
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cantonese
mandarin
thai
spanish
asl
greek
latin


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27 Mar 2018, 7:04 pm

Spanish and ASL.


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27 Mar 2018, 7:58 pm

french
finnish
croatian
japanese
german
welsh
hebrew
arabic
mandarin
thai


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27 Mar 2018, 8:09 pm

body language
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spanish
vietnamese
german


japanese
french
thai
punjabi
russian



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27 Mar 2018, 10:03 pm

1. Algonquin
2. Cantonese (and/or Mandarin)
3. Arabic (Farsi? Pashto?)
4. Spanish
5. German
6. Greek
7. Russian
8. Hindi
9. Spanish
10. Swahili



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27 Mar 2018, 10:34 pm

My primary is English
I speak
1. Spanish
2. German
3. Italian

I understand some
4. French
5. Danish

I want to learn
6. Sign language
7. Greek
8. Latin
9. Hebrew
10. Creole


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28 Mar 2018, 2:09 pm

Fluently?

English would be first choice, because that's what I need the most.


I don't know what else. Maybe Italian next because it's beautiful? Languages like Japanese, German, Spanish and French might be helpful, but I'm not particularly interested.

Do they have to be human languages? If not I'm going with fluent
English
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and two left for whatever I decide on later.


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29 Mar 2018, 12:35 pm

Mudboy wrote:
My primary is English
I speak
1. Spanish
2. German
3. Italian

I understand some
4. French
5. Danish

I want to learn
6. Sign language
7. Greek
8. Latin
9. Hebrew
10. Creole


Sounds like you may have a special talent for languages. I'm wondering how you learned the other three you are fluent in.


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29 Mar 2018, 12:36 pm

Skilpadde wrote:
Fluently?

English would be first choice, because that's what I need the most.


I don't know what else. Maybe Italian next because it's beautiful? Languages like Japanese, German, Spanish and French might be helpful, but I'm not particularly interested.

Do they have to be human languages? If not I'm going with fluent
English
sea turtle
tortoise
terrapin
dog
wolf
fox
octopus

and two left for whatever I decide on later.


I picked the ones I did because of world importance and being able to read their literature.


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29 Mar 2018, 12:42 pm

I'd like to be fluent in the following:

German (the language I know the most other than English)
Italian
Spanish
Portugese
Greek
Swedish
Danish
Czech
Japanese
Finnish



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29 Mar 2018, 12:50 pm

The ones that interest me are:

Spanish (I can still speak a small bit of this)
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Greek
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
Latin
Danish
Italian



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29 Mar 2018, 12:53 pm

DHolden5884 wrote:
The ones that interest me are:

Spanish (I can still speak a small bit of this)
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Greek
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
Latin
Danish
Italian


I've heard that Icelandic is an odd one. The place was settled by Vikings, and its geographical isolation preserved the old Norse grammar. If you want to hear the language of Eric the Red, Icelandic is the closest living approximation.


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29 Mar 2018, 1:43 pm

1. English. I write it rather well (I think), but I have trouble speaking since I rarely get any real chances to practice it.
2. Japanese. Already studying it, but wouldn't mind learning it faster.
3. Sami. There are actually different... types (?) of this language and three of them are used in my home country as far as I know, so I'd like to know one of those... haven't thought which one.
4. German. I'm the only one in my family who doesn't speak it and it's a little annoying. Plus it's a beautiful language.
5. Spanish. It might be useful.
6. Latin. It might be useful in understanding old texts.
7. Swedish. Honestly I wouldn't be interested in this language but I know it would give me a leverage in getting certain jobs.
8. French. Seems really hard so if I could speak it it would mean I'm awesome. :P
9. Ainu. That'd be cool.
10. Okinawan. That'd also be cool.

I do have to ask: why are people interested in learning Finnish? Is there some reason?



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29 Mar 2018, 1:48 pm

Fireblossom wrote:
1. English. I write it rather well (I think), but I have trouble speaking since I rarely get any real chances to practice it.
2. Japanese. Already studying it, but wouldn't mind learning it faster.
3. Sami. There are actually different... types (?) of this language and three of them are used in my home country as far as I know, so I'd like to know one of those... haven't thought which one.
4. German. I'm the only one in my family who doesn't speak it and it's a little annoying. Plus it's a beautiful language.
5. Spanish. It might be useful.
6. Latin. It might be useful in understanding old texts.
7. Swedish. Honestly I wouldn't be interested in this language but I know it would give me a leverage in getting certain jobs.
8. French. Seems really hard so if I could speak it it would mean I'm awesome. :P
9. Ainu. That'd be cool.
10. Okinawan. That'd also be cool.

I do have to ask: why are people interested in learning Finnish? Is there some reason?


German a beautiful language? Surely you jest!

I had to look up Sami because I didn't know what it was. I'm assuming you live in Northern Scandinavia?

Your written English is fine IMO.


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29 Mar 2018, 1:50 pm

1. html
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3. Python
4. Ruby
5. Visual Basic
6. JavaScript
7. PHP
8. Objective-C
9. SQL
10. NT social cues