When it comes to languages, how many do you actually know?

When it comes to language, it is easy for me know and learn if it is written. I found it difficult to understand if speak. Aside from Tagalog and our own dialect, i can't speak other language, but i can write it and understand. English for example that is use here mainly, i learned this at home when i was a child and in school,of course English is considered as 2nd language of Filipinos. Other language that i understand when written are German, Spanish and Purtuguese, with little on French and Japanese. I understand German when written because i love this language and i spend my time searching for this online. Spanish, Japanese, and Purtuguese, by searching dictionaries.

I speak Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai and French. There is still some more I wish to learn but I wouldn't want to really master them, maybe on a conversational level. I would like to learn Spanish and Japanese *smiles*. Very aggressive!

I speak 2 languages, english and german. Is internet lingo considered a separate language? Because in that case I speak 3 LOL

I only know English at the moment. I tried to learn a little bit of Spanish in school but didn't get very far with it. I really don't want to learn another language right now, but I wish I knew some of it so I could communicate with some other people better. I was taught English by my parents and in school.

I know about 8 languages. I consider myself fluent in 3 languages Cebuano, Tagalog & English. I understand and speak a little Ilonggo, Waray Waray. I also studied writing and reading Japanese for about a year but never got around to using it practically. I also understand and speaks a little spanish too.

I don't know many languages. Besides my mother language, I know English. I also learned a little French, but I found it's so difficult compares to English. Maybe Spanish will be easier?:)

Except for my native language (Romanian), I do fairly well in English (as I hope you can notice) and a bit less in French. I learned French in school and English from TV and than in school. I also manage to communicate in Italian and Spanish, but I speak those languages only if I hear people speaking them around me for a day or two, and I don't have many grammar knowledge. These languages are close to my native language and I learned what I know from TV only. I manage reading Russian (or other Slavic languages: Bulgarian, Ukrainian, etc...), but I don't understand much... I learned Russian in school, but I only studied Russian for 3 years. I know a few words in other languages, such as German, Portuguese or Japanese too, from TV. I gathered some material to study Japanese on my own, but I never found the time... Anime series are good if you want to learn Japanese.

i speak 3 languages and know some but not fluently..i wish to learn more,,like latin or spanish

i speak 3 languages and i know some hopefully to learn more

i can speak 2, english and tagalog.. i can understand mandarin a bit and i could speak japanese just a bit too... i want to learn lots of languages though (spanish, german, italian, french, lol, i don't think i can do it all)... but i'm not sure if i'll be able to do it.. i mean it's really hard to learn a language if you don't have a native speaker or at least a person who knows the language for you to practice with...

well as for me i speak 4 languages may native languages which is creole,english french and spanish.And im on my way of learning Italian i hope it don't take me forever cause don't have much time lately.

I know 2. One is my natural-born language, English, and the other is Japanese - which I've been learning in school for the past five years. I'm proficient in it, according to the American Language Proficiency test I took in the spring. I still feel like there's a lot of room for improvement, though. I'm also trying to learn Swedish, though.

I know how to speak Korean, English, and some Spanish.. I hope to learn Chinese in the next 4 years, because English, Spanish, and Chinese are the main languages.