Comments on: Which Language should one learn?

By: Rrr

Rrr — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:11:00 +0000

The thing is that Chinese is actually relitively easy to learn, the main problem is the characters. If your goal is speaking, Chinese is extremely easy.

By: USB 3G

USB 3G — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:37:00 +0000

thank

By: Mcgruw

Mcgruw — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:40:48 +0000

It is estimated that the combined total number of Spanish speakers is between 470 and 500 million, making it the third most spoken language by total number of speakers (after Chinese, and English). Spanish is the second most-widely spoken language in terms of native speakers.

from Wikipedia.org

By: Marta

Marta — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:35:04 +0000

Well, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you in this point. I consider learning fus'ha arabic much more apropriate than any kind of dialect, as you can be understood everywhere you go to, and you can understand as well written language and the news.
After all, you can always learn dialects in a more informal way while being in contact with arabic native speakers. They all tend to be very kind and helpful, and appreciate the effort of learning their language!

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:21 +0000

Thank you for the great comment

By: languagelearner

languagelearner — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:54:10 +0000

I suggest you learn how to write the language's name first before starting to learn it – Portuguese, not 'portugese' [sic].

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:57:41 +0000

Oui, oui. Les Quebecois

Living in China must be really exciting. I envy you already. Are you planing to work there? Or just enjoying your stay.

By: sandrine83

sandrine83 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:40 +0000

Oh, and I thought you were from the US because you said :

“With Spanish you will basically cover the rest of South and Middle America. If you add your English skills you can travel from Alaska to Fireland and speak with everyone you meet in between.”

I had the feeling you were an American who wanted to explore the entire continent. Sorry, my mistake.
Plus there is a small mistake since in Quebec 8 million people speak French. They would be quite mad you said that. hehe!

By: sandrine83

sandrine83 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:41:16 +0000

I like the idea of being a world citizen too! I am French but I studied in the US and in Canada (where I now live). I also lived in Ecuador for 2 years and my husband (who is Ecuadorian) and I are planning on moving to China for at least a year or two… We really hope we'll be able to learn at least the basics! Wish us good luck!

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:17:57 +0000

Really? Well, I am from Germany but I live in France for about 4 years now . I see myself more as “world citizen”.

This list was more from an economic point of view. Of course, French is still a lingua franca but looking at the future economic powerhouses on the globe I would personally decide like I wrote in my post.

And thank you for the list of French speaking countries.