What language should I study?

1nsomniac wrote: »

lol @ people judging languages solely on *their* notions of global economies. I believe the OP asked not just about "beneficial" languages but also "enjoyable" ones.

So take your economic "expertise" elsewhere; whether your predictions are right or wrong is largely irrelevant

It's not like you'd go broke if you remained monolingual (though I hope this will not be the case). So just pick one that looks interesting to you.

Surely its more interesting to learn a language spoken by one sixth of the world than some minor language.
I can of course only speak for myself, but I learn languages because its fun being able to communicate with as many people as possible.

And the financial perspective is relevant. The fact that you can't see it, is not.

[MOD]dot wrote: »

Surely its more interesting to learn a language spoken by one sixth of the world than some minor language.
I can of course only speak for myself, but I learn languages because its fun being able to communicate with as many people as possible.

And the financial perspective is relevant. The fact that you can't see it, is not.

Your and others' "financial perspective" may not be as accurate as you and they might think. That is all I am saying. I don't think that learning French is noticeably less enjoyable than learning Mandarin, for example. And if it is, it would not be because of economic reasons. If we were going for maximum population, everyone would only learn Mandarin, English, and Spanish lol

Here's a perspective: knowing English alone means being better off than most of the world. Need no one fret or obsess over what language will carry them one rung higher in the rat race :rolleyes:

Our perspective is "China economy will do even better" or "China economy will do worse".
Not rocket science.



If you want a fun language to learn, go for Latin or something.
From the ones listed, I'd learn Italian and Sign.
For real use from the list, learn Japanese or German.
Going beyond the list and still useful; Chinese (Yue/Kanto).

Falloutt wrote: »

it being enjoyable is perception

financial is a fact.....

just stop

you're getting nowhere..

Why sont you "just stop" assuming that you know the "facts", Mr. Financial Expert? Enjoyableness is perception and so is your notion of what the facts are.

Edit: dot, why the hell would you learn Yue/Canto? That's not useful at all, not even as useful as Latin lol

1nsomniac wrote: »

Why sont you "just stop" assuming that you know the "facts", Mr. Financial Expert? Enjoyableness is perception and so is your notion of what the facts are.

Edit: dot, why the hell would you learn Yue/Canto? That's not useful at all, not even as useful as Latin lol

For Hong Kong.
But mandarin too eventually, obviously.


Latin is spoken by a lot less people, why the irrelevant and faulty comparison?
You seem very eager to be right and confrontational.
If you have issues with your self image, please take it up with someone else, I'm busy.

[MOD]dot wrote: »

For Hong Kong.
But mandarin too eventually, obviously.


Latin is spoken by a lot less people, why the irrelevant and faulty comparison?
You seem very eager to be right and confrontational.
If you have issues with your self image, please take it up with someone else, I'm busy.

Im not trying to appear right at all. Im merelynsaying that people need not speak so surely. And please, Canto is useless even in HK/GD. Anyone you would communicate with there would speak Eng, Mandarin, or both. It's less useful than Latin because knowing Latin roots at least gives you wordsense so that you could, for example, understand signs all across Europe (well a large swathe of Europe anyway).

All I said is that you have no warrant to speak with such certainty on all issues. Did I attack you personally? No, but you seem to have taken offense nonetheless. Oh well. Do I doubt that you're probably smarter than the average person? No. But are you as smart as you think?

Of course, that doesn't matter. What I want to say to the OP is:

Disregard (pseudo)intellectual jibberjabber on a video game forum and choose a language or luckily more than one that you feel like learning. Ultimately, success depends on much more than just knowing a language.

LikeASir wrote: »

I want to learn a new language so I'm going to take a class on one, but I'm not sure which one would be more beneficial or enjoyable.

Me:
-18 yo.
-Living in SoCal
-Know Spanish and English

The choices are Japanese, French, German, Italian, and Sign Language.


What would you guys recommend?

Take Japanese ,because Japan is world third largest economy in the world and there have lot of job and business opportunities

French.

You could talk with [MOD]Simrock and me... :rolleyes: