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If you were going to learn a new language, as an investment in your future, what would you learn?
I'm thinking Mandarin. I'm studying commerce & IT. When I look around my classes, all i see is nips and curry munchers. If that is anything to go by, seems like a smart choice...
On the other hand, Russian is the 5th most popular language in the world. My mum is Russian too, so it would be alot easier.
Thoughts?
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| Originally posted by echosystm If you were going to learn a new language, as an investment in your future, what would you learn? I'm thinking Mandarin. I'm studying commerce & IT. When I look around my classes, all i see is nips and curry munchers. If that is anything to go by, seems like a smart choice... On the other hand, Russian is the 5th most popular language in the world. My mum is Russian too, so it would be alot easier. Thoughts? |
I really want to learn Kiswahili, but I'll probably end up picking up French.
not new, per-say, but i'd like to get better at Deutsch
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk or Indian. |
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| Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Not a language. |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk As an investment in your future, I would say Mandarin, Japanese, or Indian. For fun? Russian would be cooler, I reckon. Edit: Mandarin is considered a FUCKING hard language to learn though. Not that the others would be simple, I guess... Edit 2: Japanese or Indian then, if you think of them as 'Nips and Currymunchers' ... |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk Indian. |
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| Originally posted by Rook who speaks indian..? |
riiiiiight
obviously i would go with one of the SE asian languages 
oh, and japanese over chinese too, coz it'd be way fucking easier to learn.
german, chinese, spanish
i guess, in perspective...
1 billion people speak mandarin
~500m speak english
~500m (?!) speak hindi
tough call. hindi is alot easier to learn than mandarin and i have the worlds biggest film industry at my disposal haha. then again, english is ALOT more common in india than china.
fuck it, i'll learn mandarin. woo!
russian!!!!!!!!
lol im biased.
ebonics
Sign Language.
Japanese.
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| Originally posted by Frenchie Japanese. |
Spanish
I already know french and I'm fairly decent with english, so it seems like the logical progression.
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk Mandarin is considered a FUCKING hard language to learn though. Not that the others would be simple, I guess... |
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| Originally posted by Frenchie Japanese. |
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| Originally posted by echosystm If you were going to learn a new language, as an investment in your future, what would you learn? |
Mandarin and Arabic
It depends where you see yourself living during the span of your professional life.
Out of the European cluster, I would suggest:
1. German
2. French
3. Swedish
If you're going to attempt an Asian language, I suggest Japanese - apparently native english speakers find it the easiest to pick up out of all oriental languages (learning Mandarin or Canto will take long long long hard dedication... not impossible, but if it's not 100% necessary then I wouldn't recommend it)
First and foremost, I believe one must master their native tongue before venturing off into foreign linguistic territory 
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