Do You Want to Learn a Foreign Language?

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Ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated with foreign languages. I memorized the Greek alphabet from my parents' copy of the Oxford English Dictionary when I was in fifth grade, took a summer course in German between seventh and eighth grades, three years of French in high school, and classes at my community college in Japanese and Spanish (the Spanish class was intermediate level, since I had already done a lot of self-study). In addition to this, I've done a lot of self-study in other languages, from Arabic to Serbian. And whenever I meet people from other countries, I always pester them to teach me some words or phrases in their native languages, which is why I can ask "How are you?" in Senegalese, Amharic, and Urdu, say "Thank you" in Danish and Russian, and even say "I love you" in Chinese and Latin. Currently, I am studying French, German, Japanese, and Spanish on the website Duolingo, which is free to use (and fun, too!). I also searched "free language course" and came up with this fantastic reference for free learning, which includes Duolingo as well as lots of other sites, all gathered in one place. I'm happy with Duolingo, but there are some languages they don't have, so I'm considering checking out some of these others. Here's the link: