<p>What is the best (most lucrative) language for those pursuing finance?</p>
<p>What is the best language from these categories?</p>
<p>Romance Languages</p>
<p>Regional Dialects</p>
<p>African Languages</p>
<p>Asian Languages</p>
<p>Eastern European/ Russian Languages</p>
<p>Arabian Peninsula Languages</p>
<p>With the direction China's economy is heading, I think Mandarin would be the most lucrative language.</p>
<p>i'd have to say spanish.</p>
<p>well chinese language and orther foreign languages would not really be big deal since companies you are doing business with r likely to have translator or know american since its becoming pretyt much a international language</p>
<p>know american..</p>
<p>haha ya i didn't realize i wrote know american as opposed to english but i'm a foreginer so oops, don't kno if u^ were being sarcastic.</p>
<p>aspirant, why spanish?</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Chinese</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish</p></li>
<li><p>Japanese</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I'd say these:</p>
<p>Spanish (particularly if you're in the western hemisphere)
French (especially if you're an American, as French is the number 3 language in the Americas, and also an official language of our largest NAFTA trading partner, Canada, with Quebec being in close proximity to New York)
German (Europe's largest economy, and a major continental language of business)
Chinese (largest native speaking demographic in the world, and China's economy is also set to be the largest in the world in a few decades. Our trade with them will only grow larger and more diversified in the years to come)</p>
<p>India is boooming</p>
<p>so id say Hindi</p>
<p>Spanish would be a good choice. The majority of America speaks it.</p>
<p>why japanese?
isn't it gonna become weak</p>
<p>Everyone who's anyone in India speaks English. You'd be better off studying Gaelic than studying Hindi. lol !</p>
<p>it's the same with japan right. lots of them speak english pretty well?</p>
<p>I've asked the same question on another thread (I don't remember whether on this same forum).
They told me that Japanese people are close-minded and therefore nobody likes to study english</p>
<p>Chinese, spanish, and german. French is pretty useless because businessmen/women in france can definately speak spanish. Same goes for hindi.</p>
<p>Even though the majority of the Americas speaks Spanish, the language is more widely used in ground level business worlds, mostly raw materials, manufacturing, the agriculture and textile industries. And if you are working for high-tech companies then knowing Spanish is almost useless. Because of the number of people who can speak it, hiring a really good translator is quite cheap. </p>
<p>Ideally you'd learn Mandarin and Japanese, but those are difficult for people whose native language is Romance or Germanic based. And even if you acquire them, there will be nearly 2 billion people in the world who already speak them, and they're way better than you. And just knowing the language of those countries isn't nearly enough to really understand how business works there. Your understanding of Oriental culture will always lag far behind the native people there. </p>
<p>So for the best use of your time and results, I'd take up French, Russian, or Arabic.</p>
<p>I second on taking up French. I personally live in Canada (not quebec) and it is pretty widely used near the Ottawa/Montreal area. Many countries speak French like Canada, France, alot of Africa, Belgium, Switz etc. Also, everytime I go to France, the people aren't stuck up or jerks because I can speak French (they are jerks to my mom because she doesnt speak French). French people are seriously the most arrogant people and they will purposely not talk to you in English even if they know it. I realize this is a common thing in many cultures however French people just make it a rule to blatantly follow. Hope that helps =)</p>
<p>In terms of hiring, knowing German actually helps alot. My dad works at exxon with people from Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase and almost everyone on that team speaks german. They say its because alot of their clients/firms and such have strong presences in germany. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>Yeah, i agree with the german. My dad says the same thing and he travels a lot with his company.</p>