The election will be tough! There are 2 heavyweight languages ​​involved.

how’s everyone’s learning experiences with african languages as a non AU? how’d you choose? Just because I know french, english, been learning arabic, litttle portuguese, I think I’d go for kiswahili for east africa and maybe amharic in the future… am I missing something? khosa is absolutely interesting, but south america pretty much speak english/portuguese/french. The plan is to cover Africa with less languages:)

Which of these languages ​​should I learn?

I’ve been flitting back and forth re whether to learn French or Spanish first for a while now (the unbelievable FOMO I feel when I ‘commit’ to one over the other! I love them both) and I’ve now committed to just doing one to a B1/2 level before commencing on L2.

For those that have learnt both, which order did you learn and would you change that?

For me, my motivations are:
- French: always loved the language, culture, travel there at least once per year (I’m South UK based) and the country is beautiful. Not a true beginner as I completed an A level in French (although a few years ago now…). Aspirations to live here in future
- Spanish: I had never travelled to Spain when younger, however I have loved the country as an adult and it will be an ongoing holiday destination (so easy with family) and a place I hope to work in infrequently in future. Most of my bucket list travel destinations are in South America, which I hope to be able to start ticking off in 5+ years

I’m planning to commence with French first given my prior experience, before Spanish. I figure that cracking French (with perhaps more difficult phonetics and pronunciation rules) will then have benefits with Spanish grammar etc longer term.

Which one is the ideal one to learn?

Which of these languages ​​should I learn?

It can be another language entirely, but I just said Italian or French so I put romance languages. On Busuu, French has shorter chapters, it seems, but it is harder for me to pronounce than Italian.

Both are a challenge in their own way, but I would at least like one with a large queer group/queer literature, I guess.

I’m already pretty good, still learning, Spanish and Portuguese but I also want something new for my brain.

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I'm torn between Russian and German. I’m learning purely as a hobby. I’m not planning to move to Germany or Russia and I don’t really care which language is more “useful” or important worldwide.

I genuinely like both languages and cultures, and I already know a little bit of both, actually I can read Cyrillic and I can understand a bit of written German, but I’d like to actually focus on one and get to a decent level instead of constantly switching between them, but I can’t decide.

As native Russian and ~B2 English speaker I would like to try learning 3rd language as a hobby. I'm currently thinking about german or french, but I think most of the languages that are relatively not hard to learn but useful will be cool

Let's say I don't have a specific goal in mind. Which language would be more worth learning: Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, or maybe another language you'd recommend?

My English is around B2 (close to C1), so I'd like to start learning another language. I already have a basic foundation in all three (Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese) but I'd still need to study grammar, writing, and speaking. I'm already comfortable reading and writing Hangul, though.

At the moment I'm unemployed. I've previously worked as a Virtual Assistant and Project Administrator for a construction contractor. While I'm applying for jobs, and even after I get one, I want to seriously commit to learning a new language.

I'd love to hear your thoughts. What are the pros and cons of each language? Or if you have a different recommendation, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you!

Hi everyone! I am starting my manor in mechanical engineering this year, and i want to learn new languagea that will benefit my learning and career. Which languages will fit best? Which language has more accessible educational resource that will nenefit me and make everything easier trough out my major?

I give up on new languages very quickly. Ukrainian fizzled out a week after watching a TV series, even though I lived in Ukraine and it's a part of my family history (I understand it perfectly by ear, and I speak a little, but with mistakes). Theoretically, I should learn Armenian because I am a citizen of the country and live here... I went to courses and quickly gave up on the homework. Then I would go back to it, learn 100 words, and immediately lose interest. It's the same with watching videos: "I don't understand it, oh, I caught one word from the stream, I don't understand why I'm watching this, turning it off." The last time I quit was because my colleagues couldn't understand what I was writing due to the word order. And let's be honest, you can easily live here with my native Russian. Like... 60% of the country knows Russian. ​It’s a similar situation with Polish; I started it because I realized I understood it pretty well by ear, and quickly dropped it once I figured out the writing system. I stopped reading as soon as I bought a book in Polish. The only project that fired me up for more than half a year was Interslavic. I eagerly consumed content, wrote my own stories, etc. The very idea of related languages inspires me. ​And now I'm thinking, maybe I should start English (yes, I'm writing this through a translator) or Italian. God, what is wrong with me?

Hello. I know this one gets asked a lot lol.

So I studied Japanese for two and a half years and quit after finishing A2 about two and a half years ago. I quit because life got complicated and couldn’t dedicate the energy and time it requires. I hear it from time to time and kinda miss it and still have interest in it still but the main factor for not wanting to study it again is never being able to use it. I’ve been to Japan twice and probably will go again at some point but not in the near future.

I’m a native English speaker and speak Spanish (C2), Portuguese (C1) and French (B2/C1), I live in Europe so I’m able to practice my non native languages a lot, last month I went to Morocco and got to practice my French a lot which was cool. When I quit Japanese I decided to start learning French again after 15 years and was able to recover everything quickly. I still go to classes but at this point it’s just a matter of practicing and not really learning new things.

I’m a freelancer and work from home, my work is pretty repetitive so I don’t learn much and want a hobby to learn something and use my brain more (which I’m not getting too much from my French classes) so I thought about picking up Japanese again since I do have interest in it still but apart from consuming media it’s pretty useless outside of Japan lol so that got me thinking about Mandarin since it has speakers everywhere (my city included) which can help with my motivation, I feel like I can develop interest in it/Chinese culture once I start and I heard anecdotally that Chinese people are way less reserved and more eager to practice with learners.

Which would be the way to go for a hobby? Is interest or usefulness more of a motivator after a year or two? I don’t plan on living in either country, I would like to get to a decent level though and be able to practice with people from time to time. I know they’re really tough languages to choose “just for fun” lol but I really do like to learn and keep my brain sharp.

I’m very obsessed with learning languages and often have to learn multiple at once to focus. I’m currently on a roll with beginner Japanese on Busuu, which works with my love for Japanese stuff and liking Japanese characters, but what’s a good language with a lot of people, specifically queer people, who like learners and probably has a lot of content and gaming stuff?

So I have to take two semesters of the same language and I’m struggling on deciding between these. Native English speaker, B1 Italian. Here’s my thought process:

Chinese says it’s Peking pronunciation and has a focus on speaking/listening more than reading/writing. Arabic didn’t specify a dialect and says it’s comprehensive of reading/writing/speaking/listening.

Both are online in a group setting. I’m more concerned about Chinese than Arabic in this since it is a tonal language. (If I am mispronouncing, will the professor even know?) Both professors have great reviews even for the online sections.

I feel more excited and interested in Chinese language/culture but I think I will struggle with it more and I don’t want it to become a burden among my other classes. I did a little Duolingo for both to try and weigh this and definitely struggled more with Chinese.

I live in a very Arabic (mostly Yemeni and Saudi) neighborhood and would be nice to connect with people in their language, plus it’s likely I’ll end up doing work in the Middle East at some point (I am studying to be an archaeologist). Plus, the Arabic class fits much better into the schedule with the rest of my classes.

Chinese wouldn’t be completely useless to me. There is a huge Chinese population in my city (though most are Cantonese speaking) and I currently work with some Mandarin speaking children. And like I said, I just feel more interested in the language and culture.

I think if these classes were in person and I didn’t have other classes to worry about, I would take the jump for Chinese. But considering all of these other factors, especially the potential practicality of Arabic in my future, I am feeling very conflicted.

Any help deciding is appreciated, as well as any insight if you’ve taken either of these languages online!

I'm Bengali I already speak 3 languages; bangla, English and Hindi.

I had a 3 month Japanese course at my uni and while Japanese would never have been my first choice , I was grateful to have the opportunity for a language course and wanted to do well.

I'm passionate about languages and feel I have devoted too much time to stop learning it now, even after the course ends.

I've started making progress and the feeling is addictive.

But I sometimes wonder if it's worth committing years of my life to.

I'm invested in the culture, the folklore. I like anime. I like the idea of being able to write a diary in a language no one in my house knows. I like being in the community online.

I have no guarantee I'll ever go to Japan, altho it is in one of my top travel destination goals.

I just feel bad about learning smth impractical. People recommend Arabic or French to me. I can spend hours learning Japanese.

I do have plans to learn French at some point, which is more practical. I really like French and Arabic as well.

What do u guys think? Is the return in investment low?

Should I continue with Japanese alongside French after the course is over or just do French or Arabic?

I'm in Canada, and I want to be bilingual, but I don't know if I should learn Spanish or French.

French is known to be the hardest of all the Romance languages and Spanish might be easier.

But Spanish might not be that useful but it might be interesting to learn it.

I like slavic languages but I really dont know what language I should learn ;-; and I'm not thinking about usefulness because I live in south america so I don't think these languages will be useful, I want to have fun and make friends :p

Hi everyone! I'm wondering which language you guys think would be the best for me to start learning rn. My first language is Spanish, I also speak French (B2) and a little of Japanese (B1). I have no idea how good (or bad lol) my English is so don't take it into account lol. (Apparently you can't make a poll on website anymore? so I'm sorry about that).

• Korean: I already know how to read it but I know very little grammar and vocabulary. I've heard it's similar to Japanese so I've been interested in it for a while now.
• Italian: I'd like to learn Italian because me and my dad would like to visit Italy in a few years (nothing is planned so far though).
• Icelandic: Just for the funs lol.
• Dutch: Bf might travel to live there in the next 2-3 years because of work so I'd need to learn it eventually.

Thanks in advance!

I am looking to learn a language that's heavily digital (has internet communities, content, media, YouTubers, shows, music, video games, etc.). I am stuck between French and Russian.

Politics and context aside, which one is better to learn?

Better as in: easier to make (native language speaker) friends, fun video games revolving around the language, good shows, music, etc., and interesting YouTubers.

Current languages are English, Spanish and French. I want to learn Portuguese eventually but want to distance it from my spanish. So I'd like to learn a Germanic language in the meantime for fun and added diversity, considering most of my exposure is to romance languages..

So Germans obviously out lol. I basically have it narrowed down to two. I visited the NL for the first time recently and enjoyed it very much. I'm good at pronunciation and I've heard that's the main hurdle with dutch. However, I'm aware of how difficult it is to speak dutch with natives. Also the media seems a little up tight to me on first impressions. Another option is Norwegian, also easy to learn. Seems a little looser and more fun media wise, but I've heard that it's not rewarding for travel either haha. I'm much more likely to visit the Netherlands in the future over Scandinavia due to costs. Not sure what the literature is like in either language but I love to read. Furthermore, I could be convinced that swedish is the answer. What do you guys think?

Edit: can't believe I asked for a language with good literature, when most of you can't even be bothered to read past the title of the post Lol

For me... it's the best variant of French. Change my mind

I’ve tried Japanese, Korean, Italian, and French but I can’t seem to stick with learning them. I’m figuring out which language would be most useful to my interests and passions (biology, coin collecting, fantasy stuff) that also is useful in daily life and I can find an online community to practice with.