how many languages do you know to speak or to write or both

@sarath49 (761)
India
June 30, 2010 7:56pm CST
people have varied kind of lanuage and i think the toughest language to learn is the clicking language of africa. what is you languge of choice and what are the other languages do you speak or write or both. and what is your future prospects of learning other languges. also the language you have learned was it out of need to communicate or just as hobby or you learned as a subject in your school or institute.
13 responses
• China
1 Jul 10
i can speak 3 lanuage including:English ,????,???everyone is just so so ,except my homelanuage.others is learned as a subject in school and institute.
• China
1 Jul 10
English Japanese,Chinese.
@lbbaby (489)
• China
2 Jul 10
Well, I know Chinese, English and Japanese. I'm Chinese so my Chinese is excellent. My major is English so my English is excellent. But because I like to keep quiet, my oral English is relatively weak. I have learned Japanese for about two years so I can speak and write simple Japanese. Haha....
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
1 Jul 10
I only know three languages.Telugu, Hindi and English.While Telugu is my native language, Hindi is a national language and English being a necessity.
• Mexico
1 Jul 10
Hello, my native language is spanish, but a half speak english, and I defend myself by writing, is 0.01% of German and now. On this page I learned a lot about the writing of english.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
1 Jul 10
Malay since it's my mother tongue and English.Now i try to learn mandarin, korean and japanese language and make it as my hobby.
• United States
1 Jul 10
I know two languages, english as my second language and Filipino as my first language. I can understand and speak some spanish but i would love to learn more of that language since i will be dealing with lots of people who doesn't know how to speak english. I only learned English in school. While i've been speaking Filipino since i was little. I teach my husband some filipino words and it sounds funny when he say it. He also said that Filipino speaks fast, but i don't agree with that.
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I only manage to speak few Spanish and Chinese word. Most f the time like to learn to write them using translator. So it is quite embarrassing sometimes I communicate using the wrong verses when translating to their own languages they appear to have different meaning. So it is still important to lean new languages by attending real classes and communicate with the other person who speak other languages on first hand face to face experience. Rather than depending on translator they are not reallky reliable most of the times.
@eagle271 (179)
• Canada
1 Jul 10
Hi, I can speak, write, listen and understand perfectly to two languages: French and English. In Canada, we have 2 official languages and they are French and English, however the french language is mainly spoken in Quebec. There a few isolated french communities in other parts of Canada. So, French is my mother tongue and I have learned english with my family and while growing up. I am happy to be bilingual. However, since I have eastern European blood, including Hungarian in my family, unfortunately I don't speak Hungarian. Maybe just a few words. One day, I will like to learn Hungarian completely and also, I want to learn Spanish. So, I would like to know 4 languages. I guess, in a couple of years, that will happen.
• United States
1 Jul 10
I know English, because it is the language I grew up learning. I took two years of high school Spanish, and one of German. I have learned to write J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish languages, just for fun, but I still need a sheet of paper with the letters written on it, because I get some of them confused. I would love to learn Japanese and French.
@de_toya (2429)
• Indonesia
1 Jul 10
I can speak and write in three language. Local language, National language and English. I am Balinese and we have Balinese language. We use it in daily conversation in my family and most of my friends. My country, Indonesia use Indonesian language as National language. We use it in legal document, in work place, school and conversation with other ethnics. The last, English is one of subject in my school. I used to learn English theoretically and lack of practice. I can not speak English fluently. Here in mylot I practice my English in written only. Mylot help me to improve my English.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
I can speak only 2 languages. I know English and Filipino my native tongue. I know 2 more dialects here in the Philippines but its not something that most people would understand. lol
@abj163 (1037)
• India
1 Jul 10
i can speak 4 languages..... i live in india...so here are verious cultures and veious languages.......i know 4 languages and they are marathi,hindi,english,sanskrit......the marathi language is my mother tongue and hindi is india's national language,about english u know everything....and sanskrit is told to be a language used by india gods...so we learned it in school.....i have learned english,sanskrit,hindi......and sanskrit was very ard among them...i still cant wirte sanskrit but i can understand sanskrit..... happy mylotting
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
1 Jul 10
My native language is Indonesia. I speak English as my second language. I am now learning Chinese and Korean, and a little Japanese. I can read and write Korean, but I don't know the meaning. I've known around 150 characters in Chinese Mandarin with its meaning. I know a little Japanese. I want to be an interpreter someday.