Favourite nationally/internationally spoken language?

[Techy]

I would say Vietnamese, since that is my native language. Too bad for me I can't speak it fluently nor understand complex forms of it (wasn't born in Vietnam). I would like to learn it though as well as other languages, but mentioning those would violate Rule số tám*.

*Translated as number eight.

 

[BJBEOSmitty]

I took six years of Spanish in school and still do pretty well with it, it helps me in business frequently. The number of Spanish speakers in the US is growing exponentially... I'm insisting my children, now in high school, take Spanish. 10, 15, 20 years from now it might be nearly as common as English.

How about a quick translation?

Gooooooooooooooooolllll!!!!!! GOL! GOL! GOL! Gol-Gol-Gol-aaaaahzzzo! = Goal in English.

 

[photonrider]

Love.


deja vu

 

[Lissa]

I love to hear Welsh being spoken, even though I don't understand a word.

My favourite language will have to be English, and hearing it spoken with a French accent really tickles my fancy. Don't ask me why, I don't know why, but I could sit and listen to Jean Reno all day long!

 

[CinnamonOD]

I have to say spanish because it's very complex, I'm 16 and I still learn new words every day, different ways to mean one thing.

For example: Friend / Dude / Bro
cuate, mano, compa, camarada, socio, güey, locochon (These are the ones I use the most), hermano, chavo, primo, valedor, parcero, pana

and the list goes on...

 

[Alex p.]

Difficult to say, I like many, I speak some Russian but not too well, I enjoy speaking English and then there is French that I really like but am too stupid for, hard to say, I don't know.

 

[Leicht]

I like German language even though I don't understand any word of it except few....Sometimes I feel like they are going to spit when they are talking

 

[Liquid]

Welsh is a ridiculously easy language to pick up once you know the basics. Despite having Ll, Ng, Dd, Ff, Ph, Th, and Ch as letters, with no X, Q, V, Z or J and W is a vowel, it's 99% phonetic.

But, Ik hou van Nederlands. Mainly because it's easier than German. Much... easier. That said, I only know basic Dutch but advanced German.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Definitely Italian for me. When my grandparents swear at each other in Dutch though, that's pretty entertaining as well.

 

[Nero9]

Although my tongue slips every second word speaking it, my favorite is Hungarian.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

English, although I would like to learn Russian at some point. Probably not in the near future though.

 

[rhys159]

I like Japanese. It just seems like a more interesting language, and I can listen to it a bit since two of my close friends both speak good Japanese. I've managed to pick up a few basic words from listening to them and watching a bit of anime.

 

[JAHHAJ]

English

 

[Beeblebrox237]

British English. I love hearing any sort of British accent, be it southern English, Welsh, Scottish, Yorkshire, etc. It certainly makes Americans sound silly. Also, English because it's the only language I'm really comfortable with (I wonder why...). I speak some French, but I'm not totally fluent. It's a gorgeous language, but British English is also great-sounding.

 

[Apok]

Slovenian. (Všeč mi je slovenščina - I like Slovenian)

I don't like voting for my language, but it's a question that highly depends on the individual and as such an answer like this can be expected.

Second choice would probably be Finnish or Swedish. I don't really know why.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Love.


deja vu

Ah, but, may I ask which language you're referring too? French? English? Which official Canadian language?

I love to hear Welsh being spoken, even though I don't understand a word.

My favourite language will have to be English, and hearing it spoken with a French accent really tickles my fancy. Don't ask me why, I don't know why, but I could sit and listen to Jean Reno all day long!

English with a half-French, half-German accent... that's me!

Well, okay, when I'm tired, at least. I can force people to think that I'm French, German, or English, depending on whether I'm trolling some person I don't like ("I don't shpeak Ainglish, sir"), meeting women ("Ah, salut. I'm Ffffrench Canahhdien"), or trying to get a job. (English with no accent at all)

I have to say spanish because it's very complex, I'm 16 and I still learn new words every day, different ways to mean one thing.

For example: Friend / Dude / Bro
cuate, mano, compa, camarada, socio, güey, locochon (These are the ones I use the most), hermano, chavo, primo, valedor, parcero, pana

and the list goes on...

There's even more possibilities, in English, that aren't like "primo" meaning "cousin" in English. P.S., I miss the stig avatar, AJHG.

 

[Joel]

I like French a lot, it's a really nice sounding language. When you speak French the language is set up so you feel like you've got Biggie Smalls calibre flow.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I like French a lot, it's a really nice sounding language. When you speak French the language is set up so you feel like you've got Biggie Smalls calibre flow.

Merci.



Anyways, I'm updating the OP, once I get an answer back from those who've made no specific point of one language that they like.

 

[Dean]

British English. I love hearing any sort of British accent, be it southern English, Welsh, Scottish, Yorkshire, etc. It certainly makes Americans sound silly.

I think most American like British. I'm talking with (an almost) British accent. And, I've got some American friends, and when I'm talking to them, via Skype, they've said that they could listen to me all day... One of them, has almost felt in love with my accent...

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I think most American like British. I'm talking with (an almost) British accent. And, I've got some American friends, and when I'm talking to them, via Skype, they've said that they could listen to me all day... One of them, has almost felt in love with my accent...

There's a girl in Florida with a sort-of crush on me, because of my French-Canadian/German accent. Accents mean a lot, you'd be surprised.

 

[otakukid96]

Japanese. I'm actually trying to learn it so I can eventually move to Japan. Of course, I'm not really taking language lessons, I'm just using what I pick up from anime. I'm actually trying to mix Japanese and English when I talk.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Otaku, nihongo greetings.

I could possibly pull some strings with a few friends of mine, to get you into a light e-mail pen-pal system. It's how I learn languages now. Clearly, it's hardest to start, but, my friend and I send e-mails with both English & German translations. If I can find someone who's trying to learn English, who speaks Japanese as a first language...

 

[Lucas]

I have to say spanish because it's very complex, I'm 16 and I still learn new words every day, different ways to mean one thing.

For example: Friend / Dude / Bro
cuate, mano, compa, camarada, socio, güey, locochon (These are the ones I use the most), hermano, chavo, primo, valedor, parcero, pana

and the list goes on...

Amazing that you missed "amigo" (literal translation of "friend"). "Loco" is another one we use over here. Though the most common over here is "boludo", but some people may take it offensively.

 

[photonrider]

Ah, but, may I ask which language you're referring too? French? English? Which official Canadian language?

'Love', I believe, is not so much an international language as maybe a universal one; one never really knows how they procreate on the Planet of the Apes.

Of the two official languages of Canada, I can, fortunately, read and write one fluently enough to understand and be understood. Can you guess which one? It is the only language I know, and spoken by me, according to certain friends of dubious descent, with a 'regal' accent.

deja vu? Been here many times.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

English?

 

[kennylmao]

Amazing that you missed "amigo" (literal translation of "friend"). "Loco" is another one we use over here. Though the most common over here is "boludo", but some people may take it offensively.

I thought 'loco' meant crazy? Or are you talking about close friends?

 

[kikie]

French and English.

I love Patrick Steward's English accent on Star Trek.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I thought 'loco' meant crazy? Or are you talking about close friends?

It does. However, Mexicans speak a different form of Spanish, sort of like a guy from Alabama trying to listen to an Irishman etc.

French and English.

I love Patrick Steward's English accent on Star Trek.

And, your favourite of the two?

 

[kennylmao]

It does. However, Mexicans speak a different form of Spanish, sort of like a guy from Alabama trying to listen to an Irishman etc.

I see.

 

[Crash]

Merci.

Anyways, I'm updating the OP, once I get an answer back from those who've made no specific point of one language that they like.

You left out my Latin.