<p>Hey folks!</p>
<p>I'm currently a sophomore student in Turkey majoring in Business Information Management at the Bilkent University.
I want to work preferably for a MNC after I graduate, or enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(Department of State)</p>
<p>Of course, like most people majoring in Business, I definately want to work for a top tier company like McKinsey in the future(But I doubt I will, but hey lets give it a shot )</p>
<p>My school offers various languages</p>
<p>I'm stuck between Russian and Japanese, I heard from from a few of my friends that Japanese is easier to learn for people whose first language is Turkish, because it comes from a similar language family.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of taking basic Japanese this fall, and spring and then go to Japan for the summer and advance my skills there.</p>
<p>Do you think learning Japanese on a basic level will benefit me in the future? Or should I choose another language. My native language is Turkish, and my second language is English, I'm near native fluent in English.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies in advance :)</p>
<p>Both languages are really tough to learn, from a general standpoint. Based on my personal preferences, I’d pick Russian if I had to choose between the two languages. </p>
<p>For you, though, I did a bit of research on the Turkish and Japanese languages; the the reason why learning Japanese will be somewhat easier for you is because both Turkish and Japanese come from the “Altaic” branch of languages, which consists of the Japonic and Turkic language groups, among others. So while both languages sound and look different from each other, and although they have transformed enormously over time, they do stem from the same base language family, which in turn provides an advantage for you if you choose to learn Japanese. Since you’re a business student, you’ll most likely be using Japanese more often than Russian. Based on all of that, I think it’s definitely best for you to learn Japanese.</p>
<p>Japanese for the win :)</p>
<p>O_O <em>Knows one language, and epic fails at that one</em>
<em>Feels inadequate</em></p>
<p>And I think Nerd answered that lol</p>
<p>Interestingly, but quite anecdote-fully, the only person I know who is learning Japanese is also learning Turkish! I think that you should definitely take that class on Japanese and see how you like it. The combination of the different writing styles (there are three or so writing systems) could prove frustrating, but you already know two alphabets so you may be up for the challenge!</p>
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<p>Teehee! And that I did!</p>
<p>Japanese is much more useful in the business world, but for ANY ethnicity (except Indonesia) it is signifiantly harder than most every other language but Chinese.</p>
<p>As someone who’s in 5th Yr HS Japanese, I still can’t converse freely with a Japanese national.</p>
<p>Russian, according to a Russian native speaker in my Japanese class, is significantly easier. The grammar is much simpler, and there’s no kanji (chinese characters) to memorize.</p>
<p>Of course, you won’t be fluent in either language for at least four or five years, and each individual learns according to the teacher, curriculum, and personal passion.</p>
<p>Choose the language you feel like you will learn the most in the time given.</p>