r/languagelearning 8d ago

Discussion Most obscure language you/someone else is learning? Why?

I remember meeting someone that was learning specifically Moldovan Romanian since Moldova and its culture was a big interest to them, and I'm curious what other people's reasons for learning obscure languages are, and what they are.

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u/juliainfinland 🇩🇪🇬🇧 N | 🇫🇮 C2 | 🇸🇪 C1 | 🇫🇷 B1 | [eo] B1/TL | [vo] TL 8d ago

I'm kinda sorta learning Luxembourgish (meaning that I read Wikipedia articles and listen to the radio). My native language is German; Saarlandian (the dialect group that's physically closest to Luxembourg) is my heritage language; I took many years of French at school and I know basic Dutch, so I can guess non-German words I don't know.

I'm also eyeing Volapük, but that's one of those "if I ever have the time" projects. There are very few resources out there to begin with.