How many languages do you know?
By Kicker55
@Kicker55 (243)
United States
February 28, 2007 11:10am CST
I know a few people who know more than one language. In fact, they know five or six different languages and that amazes me. They don't live in the United States however, many of them are from Europe where countries are interrelated. Here in America English and Spanish are the top two languages and many people don't even know Spanish that much. In fact, from my experience most Americans don't really know anything much past English. But we don't have to either, that's probably the primary reason. I could learn German, buy why would I want to? If I am never going to go to Germany then what would learning German do for me? People in Europe however live so close to different countries that it's alot different for them. Being that they probably see Germans, Italians, Greeks, Portuguese and so on the list goes. I my self know English and have been learning Spanish for the past year. I am getting better at it but I don't always have alot of time to learn it unfortunately.
How many languages do you know?
:-P
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19 responses
@funnycole (392)
• United States
28 Feb 07
I speak, Hungarian, German and English...and that is because I went to school in Europe. Here in the states I have also studied French and Spanish, but other than a few words I am lost.
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@funnycole (392)
• United States
28 Feb 07
PS, my Hungarian and German are fluent bcause I was immersed in the society and still speak them with friends and relatives
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@Pratyush38 (240)
• India
2 Mar 07
I know Hindi, English, Bhojpuri and Bangla. All the languages except English are the national languages of my country. I also knew Sanskrit but due to lack of practice forgot a little bit.
@dareformore (794)
• Pakistan
1 Mar 07
I am A Pakistani and our mother ongue is URDU. So I am a Urdu speaking. And Obviously I know English. Along with them I also have learnt Sindhi (though not by heart but it is compulsory here in Karachi). I also have a bit of
"KNOW-HOW" Of Arabic.
@atrocious (209)
• Nepal
1 Mar 07
I know quite a few languages. I know my Nepali, Newari, Hindi and English language. I learned the two languages of my country Nepali and Newari in my house. I learned Hindi language recently by watching a lot of Indian films. I was taught English at a very young age at school because English is one important language to learn.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
5 Mar 07
Sadly, only English. I do know a few sentences and phrases in Spanish and Yiddish, but that's the extent of it. Wish I knew more.
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@limosonia1 (1559)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I speak spanish and english fluently and know sign language. I have to communicate with my mom in spanish and english is my everyday. Sign I learned while I was growing up because my next door neighbor couldn't hear and I wanted to play with her. I felt it was a good thing. Many people don't think about it much.
@nitrodona (418)
• Italy
2 Mar 07
I know italian, english and a bit of french and spanish, now i learn some word in portuguese because i've my father in business travel in Brazil..have a nice day!!
@thewolf777 (581)
• United States
3 Mar 07
i speak english, since i'm from america, and i speak basic spanish. i know greetings in italian and french, but that is basically it. i plan to learn irish/gaelic (im not sure since ive seen it both ways) and i want to learn welsh, more french and italian, german, and scottish. i plan to spend college vacations in europe so i figured i should learn some langauges. :)
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I know a tiny bit of other languages but not enough to speak fluently. I am from the US. I guess we are just not taught to learn other languages like other countries. i took French in school so I know a little of that. I picked up Spanish from all my Mexican friends. I learned some Japanese from my son. My on line friends have taught me a few German and Swedish words. But basically English is my language. I have heard it is becoming the universal language.
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@masato (29)
• Netherlands
5 Mar 07
My mother language is English, my second mother language is Indonesian. If some ask wasn't that reversed, i'll say nope. Because my English is better than my Indonesian. In spite of those two, i speak Dutch, Javanese, and Japanese, and currently i'm pushing my self to learn korean.
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@givemechance (3794)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 07
iu know about 3 languages. that is indonesia, english java language.
@sidoney (1033)
• Jamaica
5 Mar 07
well I try to know how to say hi,bye,my name,thank you,and how to say i don't speak that language, so far i know how to say that in Spanish,French,Japanese,Chinese,& German.We speak a language called Patio(pat-twa) and English.I love to speak patio and love to write it its such a color full language ope to learn a few other languages soon.
@tinam13 (839)
• United States
3 Mar 07
i speak english. im going to be taking german next year in school and i have taken a class where we learn the basics in different countries and the languages like french, german, and spanish. so those are the only i know about but im only familiar with the english language though.
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@vgolden (89)
• United States
28 Mar 07
My first language is Chinese and English is my second. I am so so at both. And when I went to Montreal, I was interested to listen to French. Therefore I bought a book to learn French. It is amazing to meet many talent people and listening to their talking about 4 or more languages during my travel. I did hope I could be one of them; but so far it is not easy. I am feeling chinese is quite a different language from all the others so it is not easy to grasp any of those made of alphabet.
