Great language. Closest living relative to Old Frankish, Charlemagne’s tongue

Mar 21, 2025
8:41:08am

Florida Man All-American

Biggest issue with learning Dutch is that everyone in Holland speaks perfect English and doesn't really want to speak Dutch with a learner. That's my experience anyway.

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Florida Man

Previous username: Rich Lather
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Time

If you were to commit to learning a new language, what language would you learn?

Icelandic Cougar

Mar 21, 8:17am

French

allaboutthegainz

Mar 21, 8:22am

I speak Spanish and Danish.

Jimmertime

Mar 21, 8:23am

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Plantagenet

Mar 21, 9:09am

Portuguese for me. Already speak Spanish. Have an interest in visiting Brazil

Pantera Azul

Mar 21, 8:23am

Spanish

jxncoog

Mar 21, 8:23am

Mandarin 100%

CougarChaser

Mar 21, 8:24am

So why do you live in China then? Chinese wife? Teaching English?

mokelembembe

Mar 21, 8:28am

My dad works in China, and I still live at home.

CougarChaser

Mar 21, 8:31am

Almost my whole family speaks Portuguese except me, so that's easy.

Geldir

Mar 21, 8:28am

Dutch. I already speak English and German so Dutch would be a BREEEEEEEEZE!!

StarMan

Mar 21, 8:30am

Great language. Closest living relative to Old Frankish, Charlemagne’s tongue

Florida Man

Mar 21, 8:41am

Hebrew, to help me "search the words of Isaiah."

Shihan

Mar 21, 8:33am

Spanish. Seems like the most useful. I speak Danish (or at least did at one

sortsol

Mar 21, 8:34am

I never, EVER get to use my Icelandic.

Icelandic Cougar

Mar 21, 8:36am

I'm giving German a go right now. Just as an ancestral connection type deal.

mokelembembe

Mar 21, 8:37am

That’s my motivation too!

Jimmertime

Mar 21, 9:22am

Probably pig Latin

Probable Sacko

Mar 21, 8:39am

Give Esperanto a try.

LeGrandBleu

Mar 21, 9:01am

I have a couple friends (don't know each other) who learn languages for fun.

Geldir

Mar 21, 8:42am

The most practical is obviously Spanish but learning an Asian language that

mudpupper

Mar 21, 8:43am

Spanish. I already know all the bad words so the good words should be easy to learn too

TADOW

Mar 21, 8:51am

How are you all learning these other languages?

The Pope

Mar 21, 8:52am

Duolingo is an easy, free starter, but it doesn't take you far.

jdub

Mar 21, 9:15am

Having a spouse that speaks the language from her mission helped

Jimmertime

Mar 21, 9:24am

Bunch of polyglots! I'd learn classical Greek and Latin.

Plantagenet

Mar 21, 9:09am

Italian and Portuguese. I already speak Spanish, and so neither would be a big leap.

jdub

Mar 21, 9:12am

Spoke Portuguese on my mission, 2+ years into doing French on Duolingo

Still Blue

Mar 21, 9:20am

Working on Mandarin right now with Duolingo, but French and Spanish are also on

ldssdl

Mar 21, 9:32am

Italian. It’s the language spoken in the celestial kingdom. Might as well get a

bob falfa

Mar 21, 9:23am

Spanish. My bro lived in China for a decade and constantly harps on us to learn

Penske Material

Mar 21, 9:25am

Arabic or Mandarin. Knowing either would unlock so much

mang

Mar 21, 9:27am

Spanish and German.

John Doe

Mar 21, 9:43am

Speak Spanish, took 2 semesters of college Mandarin, I'd go for Japanese.

Mitty

Mar 21, 10:22am

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