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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 30 Jan

I obviously speak English ….although some would say gobbledegook was my first language ! When I was at school we learnt French ….it was a long time ago and I only went to France about 6 years ago so I have forgotten all but a few...

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How many languages are spoken in your country?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 13 Aug

Papua New Guinea is the country with the highest number of spoken languages with more than 750 languages spoken. In African , there are countries with more than 500 languages spoken. How may languages do you think , are spoken in...

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me @dfollin (27267) • United States 17 Jul 24

I am American and was as well as always speaking English. When I was a child for a few years our next door neighbors were from France. The woman taught me some words and she informed me that I had a great accent to speak the...

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DuoLingo: Brushing up on Spanish!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68159) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 7 May 24

I have several friends and family that have jumped on the DuoLingo trend in the last several years. I have half @ss3d it once or twice in the last couple of years- but never really went gung ho. I have thought about wanting to...

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Did you know? - Toronto. Cleaned out van

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 29 Mar 23

In Toronto, Canada, over 180 languages and dialects are spoken. In fact, the most multicultural city on the planet is considered to be Toronto, with half of its population born outside the country. Source: crostic...

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What language would you learn if you could?

DJ @dilleo (1077) • Canada 9 Mar 23

I just got to thinking today.. If there was ONE language you could learn how to speak and write, no matter how difficult it actually is, what would it be? Let's just say you are able to learn this language, no matter how difficult...

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Languages...

Ric Angelo @MrDenata (12944) • Indonesia 22 Sep 22

Hola Mylot, its me again, how are you? Its 2:43 PM here and the weather is really good. Last night, we got heavy rain, and i got 7 hours of sleep. I told you before that last week i got a day off and spend whole day with my...

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Are you sometimes confused?

Thelma @thelme55 (79311) • Germany 12 Jul 22

I don’t know what is happening to my brain. It happened often times that I spoke to my husband or to my friends in many languages. I mean that is okay if I spoke in English, German, Tagalog or in Bisayan language in the whole...

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How much cost is your brain?

Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 3 Jun 22

I remember with my former employer in a school 3 decades ago. This employer was a former senator in which I don't want to name her for security reason. One of her speeches during our flag raising ceremony, she mentioned about the...

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Accents and understanding them.

Philip Low @crobyghost (178) • United States 15 Dec 21

After living here in the USA for nearly five years its interesting how the accents of countries from around the world are influenced by living in another country. I being from New Zealand have noticed this significantly when...

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It's great to know many languages, but...

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 21 Nov 21

I can speak 3 dialects fluently (Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Kalinga), but I can only speak and write in two languages, Tagalog and English. I know a few words in Korean, and can understand simple statements, but I plan to study...

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How many languages do you speak ?

Ben @BenArtik (28) 1 May 21

I'm a Luxembourgish citizen and I am fluent in 4 languages. In school everyone learns Luxembourgish, German, French and English. I also learn Spanish but on my own. I know it's important for people in Luxembourg to speak so many...

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I before E ...

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52143) • Staten Island, New York 1 May 21

I just remembered that there is a rule in the English language that says: i before e but not after c There are so many words in English where i comes after e. Neighbor, caffeine,...

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Learning Other Countries' Languages Through Songs.

Ustani A @Charlesbronson (977) • Indonesia 30 Dec 20

From Elementary School I already like studying languages of other countries. For example, English, Japanese, Arabic, Danish and Chinese. One of the ways I learn is through songs. You want to learn Indonesian by song? Here is the...

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Mint @MintyFreshBaby (62) 9 Dec 20

I am learning two languages: Dutch and Scottish Gaelic. I am learning Dutch because of my family history. I am studying Scottish Gaelic because I have friends in Scotland. As a good friend, I want to learn their native language to...

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Mother tongue..

Parveen @REMO46 (791) • India 17 Aug 20

We know there are many countries in the world. And hundreds of languages are spoken in the world like english, hindi, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian and many more. We must respect our mother tongue. China has...

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Different languages learning at a time for Kids

Lavanya @Lavanya15 (12888) • Chennai, India 13 Aug 20

Hi friends, Now Schools teaching three different languages at a time for small kids age of 5 years. This age is really good for learning different languages my friend. On observing my kid she not getting any struggles on...

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How many languages do you know/speak?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52143) • Staten Island, New York 11 Aug 20

I am originally from Minsk, Belarus. Two of the native languages there are Russian and Belarusian. I left Belarus when I was nine. I don't know why I know Russian but not Belarusian. The two alphabets are almost identical and many...

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Learning languages

Hayat Adelli @life85 (464) • Casablanca, Morocco 15 Jul 20

Hi mylot, I have suggestion for you, if you are interested in learning New things, each one who is strong in a language or any other field Can help others learn if they are interested for sure. For me I Can help you in learning...

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What language would you like to learn?

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 10 Jul 20

I have studied (and can read or use) several languages. I just love learning languages, but since coming to Japan I have focused entirely on Japanese. Last summer I realized it would be fun to start another one-- as a useful...

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