2006-11-24 03:17:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Americans are probably the best at Spanish and French since those are the most popular second languages to acquire. They are probably the worst at the Khoisan (click) languages of southern Africa since NO ONE EVER learns those languages and the clicks are such difficult sounds to master.
2006-11-24 10:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not mean to offend anyone here, but I am currently an exchange student in the Netherlands, and stories I have heard about previous exchange students to the area, include that many of the American students were unwilling to try to learn Dutch at all. My opinion is that you can only learn a language if you are willing to apply yourself and learn it. The sound in Dutch(also in other languages) that most people find extremely difficult is the guttural G. It is difficult but not impossible. Some people find it intimidating and honestly Dutch is not that hard of a language. In three months I can carry on conversations on a variety of subjects. But with all languages you need to have the desire to work towards them. But if you speak English, Dutch is not necessarily the easiest language to speak.
2006-11-24 03:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by popcornsong1331 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think most Americans want to learn foreign languages. I'm not trying to run Americans down; this is a view purely from my own experience, as a non-American. However I know that a good many US citizens have learned Spanish, which I would assume is from the Latin American influence.
2006-11-24 03:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Splatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After English (215.4 million) and Spanish (28.1 million), Chinese (2 million) was the language most commonly spoken at home, eclipsing French, German and Italian over the decade of the 90s.
so those six languages listed would be the ones. We have to remember that changes in these percentages over time arise from immigration, and worldly economic situations.
2006-11-24 03:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by rewrite_h35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, as I have observed , they are worst in all. Not even in English they are good. They speak a dialect, even in the newspapers and the magazines, something really incredible
2006-11-24 03:22:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if they think borrat speaks kazahstan then they really bad with the language he really talks (I WONT TELL WHICH LANGUAGE, but i know)
foxboy
why you need to know hebrew? you need it only in israel.
hmmm i wonder how americans talk hebrew, probably hard for them to say the sound 'r'.
2006-11-24 03:20:21 · answer #6 · answered by meansweryou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as spelling and grammar go, English is becoming our worst language, based on young people today.
2006-11-24 03:19:16 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stupid offensive question. it is whatever language they want to learn and want to become proficient at. i am american and i speak english, some spanish, some nahuatl, i can read ancient greek, some sumerian, akkadian, phrygian, hittite, ancient egyptian, and i study other ancient languages.
2006-11-25 02:20:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well our original language is english, but in some places people speak french(louisiana) and spanish.
2006-11-24 03:20:55 · answer #9 · answered by liberianprinces 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i speak spanish very well
but my hebrew is very rusty
but im only seventeen i've got plenty of time to improve
2006-11-24 03:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋