Poll: Most beneficial language to learn...

[Arsen]

From the list I have made. I have heard that if I learn German I can practically go ANYWHERE in Europe (western portion of Europe anyway...). We have many here from Europe so I'd like to hear your opinions and views. Thank you.

PS - The Hebrew one is random and under the condition it could benefit me well in the long run.

 

[Hippobatman]

Where's Spanish?

I'd choose that, because then you're understood in all of Central- and South-America (except Brazil) and Spain, of course, which is a popular tourist destination.

EDIT: Are we limited to Europe only? If then I'd say German too.

 

[Arsen]

Where's Spanish?

I'd choose that, because then you're understood in all of Central- and South-America (except Brazil) and Spain, of course, which is a popular tourist destination.

EDIT: Are we limited to Europe only? If then I'd say German too.

Primarily Europe, yes my good man.

The reason I didn't pick Spanish is because...well it'd be expected of me to use my skills in using that language OUTSIDE of Spain. And Brazil's (the one good place in South America) primary language is Portuguese.

 

[a7r0p05]

Where's Latin? Latin is the basis of a huge amount of languages, hence them being grouped into "The Romance Languages." Once you have latin down, it doesn't let you just easily learn every language, but it builds a strong basis for understanding them and getting a grasp on word structure more quickly.

 

[mokes310]

From the list I have made. I have heard that if I learn German I can practically go ANYWHERE in Europe (western portion of Europe anyway...). We have many here from Europe so I'd like to hear your opinions and views. Thank you.

PS - The Hebrew one is random and under the condition it could benefit me well in the long run.

No Spanish? Pretty much all of South and Central America speak Spanish. Think of how much money is there?

 

[bluemarsman]

English and Chinese.

 

[Hippobatman]

Where's Spanish?

I'd choose that, because then you're understood in all of Central- and South-America (except Brazil) and Spain, of course, which is a popular tourist destination.

EDIT: Are we limited to Europe only? If then I'd say German too.

Primarily Europe, yes my good man.

The reason I didn't pick Spanish is because...well it'd be expected of me to use my skills in using that language OUTSIDE of Spain. And Brazil's (the one good place in South America) primary language is Portuguese.

I'm aware of that, but did YOU know that Spanish is spoken by 320 to 400 million people? That makes it the second or third most spoken language by native speakers.

Where's my cookie?

 

[Arsen]

From the list I have made. I have heard that if I learn German I can practically go ANYWHERE in Europe (western portion of Europe anyway...). We have many here from Europe so I'd like to hear your opinions and views. Thank you.

PS - The Hebrew one is random and under the condition it could benefit me well in the long run.

No Spanish? Pretty much all of South and Central America speak Spanish. Think of how much money is there?

Cocaine + Guns + [Random Rant about Spanish/White Nation/etc Imperialism] = Not a place for me. Not trying to stereotype EVERY place in South America...but damnit, the worry is there.

 

[kommando367]

German and French, since you already know English. Than you can go anywhere in the Europe. Although I would say: learn Chinese.

there is no actual language called chinese as different areas of that country speak different languages anyway back on topic: i'm taking a spanish class next year becuase there is a lot of people speaking variants of that language so i'm pretty sure it the most beneficial for me

 

[Tattaglia]

English, Spanish, the most used form of Chinese then German. Then Swahili for fun!

 

[TaborMallory]

I second Latin.

 

[Incompl te]

no Polish (only said that because i am of Polish descent)

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

English. All air transport industries MUST know it as standard.

That and Esperanto.

 

[Greever]

Learn Latin. Portuguese and Spanish have their roots in Latin.

 

[BigKingBob]

German can get you round most of Europe? I've never heard that before, I don't know if the Germans have either.

But seriously, to get around Europe all you need is English, over 50% of the population of the EU speak English as a first or second language. Especially noticeable in Germany, even the shop assistants will be able to talk enough English to deal with you even if you don't speak a word of German. They learn it from the age of 5 up to 18.

For the rest of the world, I'd either learn Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin or Latin. The first three are just so I could talk to people in their respective areas and Latin just sounds awesome.

 

[Fraught]

English, obviously, and then German and French. I only know English of that bunch, but when I have gone to Finland, Sweden and Egypt, I have never had problem with someone not understanding me.
The whole freaking world can speak English, god damnit!

 

[l33tabix]

you should have put english on the list. If you think of it from the worlds point of view. It's most beneficial to them.

 

[sammyfreak]

Greek, no question about it. Ofcourse I mean ancient Greek; reading Paul and Homer in original is quite a joy.