<p>German. Adore the composers, cities, culture and most importantly Austria.</p>
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<p>Esperanto and aramaic. For the record I'm fluent in English, Hindi, Arabic, and Tagalog.</p>
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<p>I spent two years in Beijing which made learning Mandarin a lot easier. And I had studied it for four years before going.</p>
<p>I thought learning Arabic was harder than learning Mandarin, simply because the word becomes near unrecognizable when adding required prefixes and suffixes (like kitab vs. alkitabat). </p>
<p>I think it's achievable if you put enough effort into it. I did a lot of language exchanges with people on Skype - who would help me with my Arabic pronunciation if I helped them with English. </p>
<p>I think Pimsleur is good place to start for beginners learning any language.
(I have the mp3s, from beginners up to the advanced level in Mandarin, if anyone wants me to email them. I also have some Arabic and Greek)</p>
<p>Russian and German</p>
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<p>I would love to be proficient in any/all of the following:</p>
<p>French, Italian, Tagalog, German, Russian, Korean, Latin.</p>
<p>;D</p>
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<p>I want to learn every language in the world. Though I love the sound of Arabic. I only speak four at the moment. Sniff!!</p>
<p>Arabic. The script and sound of it are both really nice.</p>
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<p>Either Chinese or French. I paid around twenty quid for a pair of Chinese books, wrote in them, and now I've decided that I'd rather learn French first :K. Annoying...</p>
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<p>I started learning arabic when I was 9 and it was difficult at first, but it's an acquired skill. I have no trouble reading it but I still have difficulty understanding/speaking it. I find it a lot more easier to read with the fatahs and sukons. Kiif Halaac?</p>
<p>I would like the learn how to fluently speak in Arabic, French and Italian.</p>
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<p>Ancient Greek
Sanskrit
Ebonics</p>
<p>If i had to choose one, id go with latin.</p>
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<p>Korean probably
first but, I has to improve Engrish better</p>
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<p>Italian, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, and Jive.</p>
<p>I too love languages!</p>
<p>I am fluent in English.</p>
<p>Proficient in Spanish and American Sign Language.</p>
<p>I am currently taking Modern Hebrew and loving it!! </p>
<p>I want to learn Arabic, Farsi, French and German!!!</p>
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<p>I actually have eight want to learn (in no order):</p>
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<li>Mandarin</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Vietnamese</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Japanese</li>
<li>Russia</li>
<li>Arabic</li>
<li>Korean</li>
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<p>I guess Mandarin would be most practical, and Japanese would be most fulfilling.</p>
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<p>I studied Chinese in college. It was very challenging but very rewarding (and looks nice on the resume too!)</p>
<p>I'm now in India, where learning Hindi would be nice, but is not a prerequisite in the same way it is for doing business in China, thanks to the preponderance of English as well as the fact that India has "national" languages are only de jure. My Hindi-speaking colleagues from Bombay who visit me in Bangalore are just as dependent on English as I am, as Bangalore speaks Kannada.</p>
<p>If I had to pick 3 languages on earth, I'd do English, Mandarin, and Spanish--that would give me access to a HUGE chunk of humanity.</p>
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<p>mandarin, cantonese, spanish</p>
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<p>french, arabic, hindiā¦
iām basically fluent in spanish so hopefully french wouldnāt be too hardā¦</p>
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<p>Persian. Itās a great Indo-European language that English has borrowed many words from.</p>
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<p>If I get to learn French, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese fluently, itās all good. If I ever get around to it, Russian would be good too. The priorities I have the languages are in order.</p>
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