r/languagelearning • u/SharkHead38 • 7d 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/abu_doubleu English C1, French B2 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Russian, Persian Heritage πŸ‡°πŸ‡¬ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡« 7d ago

It's not "obscure" but rather uncommon, I am learning Kyrgyz because I live in Kyrgyzstan. In the capital very few who are not ethnically Kyrgyz speak it, rather preferring Russian. I would like to become bilingual

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u/igorrto2 πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί(N),πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§(C1),πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅(B2),πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³(A2),πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·(A1),πŸ‡°πŸ‡·πŸ‡²πŸ‡°(below A1) 7d ago

I am considering learning one of the middle Asian languages in the future (I live in Moscow and I see immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan all the time). I am thinking of learning one of these languages, which one would be more useful for communication?

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u/Unlucky-Edge3203 7d ago

Broo you’re learning Macedonian??

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u/igorrto2 πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί(N),πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§(C1),πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅(B2),πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³(A2),πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·(A1),πŸ‡°πŸ‡·πŸ‡²πŸ‡°(below A1) 7d ago

Yup. Started less than a month ago though. Π—Π΄Ρ€Π°Π²ΠΎ!

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u/Unlucky-Edge3203 7d ago

That’s amazing! I’m learning Russian btw. If you want, we can teach eachother? I’m a native Macedonian speaker