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- RykonZero
I didn't know we could count HAX as a language.
In that case, I speak a little HTML.
In that case, I speak a little HTML.
How many languages can you speak?
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- Poland
- Lotrzyna
Hmm an interesting idea to put some other "languages"
I voted 3 but in order of fluency it would be:
Polish
Mathematics
English
Japanese
Logic
C
SQL
Basic
HTML
(I have a degree in Management but I wouldn't consider it a language....)
Would love to and will try to learn:
Latin
Korean
Spanish
Strittan
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- Strittan
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- LizMcQueen
Only four: spanish, english, portuguese and galician.
. I also speak French, and am scrambling to learn some Portuguese before I go to Brazil in two weeks 
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- Panama City, FL
American English, mostly the sutherrrn variety. Used to have good German; I was the official Family Translator when we lived there in the mid-60s, but it's gone from non-use. I can understand half of it if it's spoken slowly, which never happens, and I still have some tourist phrases, understandlable but usually very poor grammar. All those verbs and nouns backwards, I never get it right!
Syntax error
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- Fett_up
- totallyfettup
Speak fluently two languages, Hungarian & naturally English.
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- The Netherlands
Dutch is my first language, I seem to be understandable to most of you, so I'll add English, and I mostly understand German but wouldn't say I can actually speak it fluently although I get by.
Not much else I'm afraid, had a go at speaking French on holiday a couple of years ago, but they all looked at me as if I was speaking Klingon.
Oh, and I must learn some Swahili words one day just to say I can speak it slightly.
Not much else I'm afraid, had a go at speaking French on holiday a couple of years ago, but they all looked at me as if I was speaking Klingon.
Oh, and I must learn some Swahili words one day just to say I can speak it slightly.
Seismica
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One.
Whilst I was at school, we were taught German/Deutsche too, but I never really payed much attention. Mein Deutsche ist nicht sehr gut.
I've been considering learning Cantonese though (Plus I hear for the reading/writing part it's pretty much the same as Mandarin, 2 for 1). I could get help from my mate who speaks it fluently. He's bilingual and his second language, English is also better than mine. I'm envious of anyone who can speak multiple languages fluently.
Anyone know a good way to learn a languages without teaching/tutoring help?
Whilst I was at school, we were taught German/Deutsche too, but I never really payed much attention. Mein Deutsche ist nicht sehr gut.
I've been considering learning Cantonese though (Plus I hear for the reading/writing part it's pretty much the same as Mandarin, 2 for 1
). I could get help from my mate who speaks it fluently. He's bilingual and his second language, English is also better than mine. I'm envious of anyone who can speak multiple languages fluently.Anyone know a good way to learn a languages without teaching/tutoring help?
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- DJmAky09
Well, if you count all the ex-yugoslavian languages, you get a big number. But the real differences are minor.
So, I'm a Croatian and I speak Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, bit of Slovenian, English, Latin, Italian, French and Spanish (minimum) and I can understand Hungarian so that makes me like decilingual person.
So, I'm a Croatian and I speak Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, bit of Slovenian, English, Latin, Italian, French and Spanish (minimum) and I can understand Hungarian so that makes me like decilingual person.
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- GTP_BlacqueJack
Wow; causes headaches ?
Just kidding !Quite the accomplishment
I was edumacated in english Montreal, but learned french throughout school; at summer jobs; dans les Laurentides pour l'ete'.
Und meine eltern sind Deutsch.
Boogity , boogity, boogity lets go racing boys (credit D. Waltrip!)
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English, spanish and BS.
I took 4 years of german so I can ask someone were the library is.
Wo ist die bibliothec
I took 4 years of german so I can ask someone were the library is.
Wo ist die bibliothec
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- GTP_BlacqueJack
Wo ist die Ratzkeller mit die bier fur mir trinken 
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- Chiba, Japan
- GTP_sneakyboy62
Japanese, is my first language. And I've been learning English at school for about 4 years. At first I wanted to be able to speak at least 3 languages fluently, the third language I happened to learn was French, as my internet friends spoke mainly English and that. But I found it quite difficult to learn and comprehend(was totally different from Japanese 
), so I stopped learning it once and decided to continue studying only English.
Now I can speak only one language, but if I get the ability to speak English "perfectly" in the future, the number of languages I can understand will increase to "two".
), so I stopped learning it once and decided to continue studying only English.Now I can speak only one language, but if I get the ability to speak English "perfectly" in the future, the number of languages I can understand will increase to "two".
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- NotThePrez
- NotThePrez
English, (barely) French, taking Spanish this year.
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So:
1) With my parents and most family I speak: Flemish
I used to work in the Netherlands so I also speak Dutch, but it is not a different language, although some colleagues would not understand spoken Flemish there.
2) With my partner I speak: English (Partner holds British passport, but from French mother)
3) With my boss I speak: French
So due to the importance of the 3 languages, knowledge of these is pretty profound.
4) With my German colleagues I speak: German, but more struggle sometimes then I expect.
5) Went for this number but in doubt if it really counts: Luxembourgish (beginner, mostly use it in local organisations) and some Spanish, tried some learning through podcasts.
Here in Luxembourg it is most common to be like:
1) Luxembourgisch, French, German and English from school, but not all at high levels.
2) The language from cultural heritage: mostly Italian, Portugese, ...
3) Some of the language of the cultural heritage of the partner
So people using 7 languages regularly is not uncommon.
P.S.: I consider Luxembourgisch a language since it is declared so by the government and knowing an other language will not make you understand it. But I do understand that this view is not shared by all people in the world.
1) With my parents and most family I speak: Flemish
I used to work in the Netherlands so I also speak Dutch, but it is not a different language, although some colleagues would not understand spoken Flemish there.
2) With my partner I speak: English (Partner holds British passport, but from French mother)
3) With my boss I speak: French
So due to the importance of the 3 languages, knowledge of these is pretty profound.
4) With my German colleagues I speak: German, but more struggle sometimes then I expect.
5) Went for this number but in doubt if it really counts: Luxembourgish (beginner, mostly use it in local organisations) and some Spanish, tried some learning through podcasts.
Here in Luxembourg it is most common to be like:
1) Luxembourgisch, French, German and English from school, but not all at high levels.
2) The language from cultural heritage: mostly Italian, Portugese, ...
3) Some of the language of the cultural heritage of the partner
So people using 7 languages regularly is not uncommon.
P.S.: I consider Luxembourgisch a language since it is declared so by the government and knowing an other language will not make you understand it. But I do understand that this view is not shared by all people in the world.
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- agusbmxargtcub
Spanish (main), im really good at English too.
and I understand some written portuguese.
and I understand some written portuguese.
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