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2007-01-11 13:59:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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My answer would be English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese,
Russian and French.
because you can reach a large part of the world's
people with one of these.

2007-01-11 14:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0 0

The 5 maximum broadly spoken languages, in words of numbers of audio device, are: a million) chinese 2) English 3) Spanish 4) Hindi/Urdu 5) Arabic because you already seem to have a minimum of a few English, the subsequent a lot less complicated language to study will be Spanish, and that would also be the choicest language interior the U. S.. chinese isn't that terrible to study, in words of talking/listening. yet interpreting is quite complicated, because you basically might want to study all those human being ideograms. Arabic is complicated all round. you would possibly want to spend an complete year interpreting 6 hours an afternoon, and also you would somewhat make a dent. Plus, which dialect do you study - they are not all that mutually intelligible? maximum colleges will prepare present day usual Arabic, that's large in case you opt for to observe Al-Jazeera or study Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, yet ineffective in case you opt for to order lunch in Morocco. of route, any of those complicated languages would earn you larger funds operating for the authorities - we've an absolute shortage of human beings that talk the harder languages. From a employer attitude, something will be functional, yet i'd probable prioritize it kinda like the list: chinese, Hindi, Arabic. French'll get you exceptionally a procedures, as well, when you consider that many knowledgeable human beings around the realm study some French. Many aspects of the middle East and Africa are nonetheless French-talking.

2016-10-17 00:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Undoubtedly English, which has become the world's "lingua franca". Then, it surely depends on where you live. For instance, since I live in Europe, the most useful languages are - besides English - Spanish and Russian. Nowadays there's also an increasing demand of the Chinese language. My mother tongue is Italian, which is less than useless! :(

2007-01-11 22:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by saavik73 6 · 0 0

It all depend where you live and the use :
- English is the world most spoken language and is use in business
- Spanish for South America
- Mandarin : have the most native speakers ( 1.3 billions ) and in China if you don't speak Mandarin you are kind of lost. English won't be usefull because it is not spoken a lot. I know for being in China.
- French for France, Canada and a lot of African countries
- Russian : Russia and the former USSR countries
- Arabs for the middle east
- Japan : 120 millions people
- the language in India : don't know how it is called though.

2007-01-11 14:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by kl55000 6 · 3 1

Depends on where you live. Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, and buisness employees who travel there find it handy to know. In America and the UK, Spanish and French are good to know for Spain or Mexico or France or Canada. Spanish is more widely spoken, though, especially in America.

2007-01-11 15:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by giwishihadadollar 2 · 0 0

English, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French

2007-01-11 14:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by al7isra 2 · 0 1

1.) The most useful languages in the world to me would be expressions and actions cause I can put a boot up someones behind and they will automatically realize of what I meant, all without saying a word! but 2nd would be sign language.

Edit: By the way over 6 billion pple use #1 so it beats chinese, english, spanish, french combined!

2007-01-11 14:27:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, French...not necessarily in that order.

2007-01-11 16:13:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Esperanto.
I'm a native English speaker, yet I much prefer speaking in Esperanto, even though I'm still learning (do we ever stop learning?)

Designed to be learned easily, Esperanto is the gateway to many other languages and cultures. The structure is regular and has only 16 gramatical rules with NO exceptions. So instead of learning rule after rule and which ones don't apply here or there, I spend my time absorbing the vocabulary. Check the site below for information on Esperantos' value in learning other languages.

I frequently make this next statement, and I live by it.

"If you can't learn Esperanto, you can't learn any language."

At the very least, if you learn Esperanto, which by the way can lead to the enjoyment of meeting new friends and traveling to new places, you'll at least have that under your belt regardless of how far you decide to take any other languages.
It's not uncommon for a student of Esperanto to become fluent inside of a month, maybe less, if you've the desire.

I really enjoy listening to the original music, clasical, folk, rock, rap, lullabys(sp), Christmas songs, you name it. The folk tends to be the best. Track down groups like Kajto, Merlin, or Kore for starters.

Esperanto is the 65th most printed language in the world, which when you think about it, with only 2,000,000 plus speakers is quite remarkable. There are translations of the classics, and not so classic, as well as a wealth of original material.

The most depressing aspect of dealing with Esperanto is the constant unsupported claims that it has no value. As with anything else, it's use is dependant on how you decide to use it. With over 2,000,000 speakers in the world, there aren't too many places where you won't find it, you just need to look. The internet is the best place to start. The sites below are the best intitial places to investigate the language and it's history. (Yes, it has a history (119 years) and a culture as mentioned above.)

Where Esperanto stands to make its biggest success is in international communications, primarily at the UN and EU, where each respectively spends in excess of $500 million USD annually on translation services alone. Esperanto currently holds observer status at the UN and UNESCO.

The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and is the official relations office with the United Nations and UNESCO. In addition to individual members, 95 national Esperanto organizations are affiliated to UEA.

Research and make your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

2007-01-11 14:10:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jagg 5 · 0 5

English ,Spanish and French

2007-01-11 18:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by Noor 3 · 1 0

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