What language would you want to master and why?

Answer 1

French or Spanish. Because there fun! <3 = )

Answer 2

My kids and I are learning Esperanto. We practice it every day, and believe it or not, Esperanto represents the best chance for the survival of the multitude of dying languages since it's purpose is to forestall the monopoly of any one National tongue to the disadvantage of another.
Consider if you will, Esperanto is an easily learnt AUXILIARY language. This means that myself and that German, Japanese or Korean fellow over there needn't sink a lot of time and effort into learning each others mother tongues if they don't wish, where whose ever tongue we settle to communicate in will hold the advantage in any discussions; since the likelihood of having a mastery of the second language will be remote at best. Each partner has exerted a similar effort in order to communicate; a linguisticly neutral hand shake if you will. Yet we are still free to talk in our mother tongues when and where we choose.
Further, I am now in a position to visit just about every country in the world and with the help of my new found Esperanto speaking friend (2 million plus) learn of his / her culture and language. This second facet is possible because in learning Esperanto I now have a firmer grip on linguistic principles. I will provide a link below on the benefits of learning tertiary languages after Esperanto.
However, if it is Culture you desire, then you've no need to look much further than the Internet. In music there are Folk, Jazz, Opera, Rock, Hip Hop, Rap, childrens' songs, etc. In literature there is multinational translations plus original works. The yearly Esperanto Congresses are a play ground for young and old alike for interaction.
The error it seems that most people make, is the assumption that a focus on one area or language will detract from other areas. Although it may be true to a point, it is extremely unlikely to effect an area to the point of destruction. There are simply too many people in the world to allow that to happen. None of this precludes learning another language.
Conversely, nobody would feel forced to learn it, especially if they've no desire to leave their comfort zone.
The fact is that like it or not, it's use is expanding exponentially. The last educated guess puts the number of functionally fluent speakers at 2 million plus and another 2,000 native speakers (those that were born to an Esperanto household; yes they exist).
Yet many feel almost threatened by it, which is the last intention of the Esperantistoj (ehs-pehr-ahn-TEES-toy). It is simply a tool to allow those that might otherwise struggle to learn a new language, the option of expanding their horizons.
Finally, there is currently $600 million plus a year being spent on translation services at the UN, and a similar amount in the EU, because no one nationality wants to loose the prestige of owning one of the 'working' languages in each of those institutions. This a huge waste of resources that might otherwise go to feeding and housing those less fortunate. A single working language, easily learnt (less than a year to become fluent) would certainly go along way towards that goal. The Universal Esperanto Asociation (UEA) currently holds observer status (class B) at the UN and UNESCO. So there is some movement towards this goal.
Research and draw your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 3

I have always wanted to learn Italian so that when I, finally, go to Italy I could converse with the people in their language. Plus, I think its a beautiful language.

Answer 4

I' d like to master English and French, because I'm a future linguist and teacher. May be my native language(Russian) also, as I'm planning to teach it also.

Answer 5

The language of love is the one I would master so that the world would be lighter and softer though it spin slower or faster.

Answer 6

Amerian Sign Language, its the 3rd most used language in the US, and I think its wonderful to be able to communicate with someone that may not have the ability to speak. It gives them a "voice" in this world.

Answer 7

I would master Spanish becasue a lot of people speak it(besides English).

Answer 8

Moroccan Arabic, because that is the language of my husband and his family. Also, we live in Morocco and it would be nice to communicate better with people here.

Answer 9

French. The woman I love lives in Quebec and the singer I like is from Montreal: isabel Boulay.

Answer 10

Spanish. We have lots of spanish speakers in Nebraska, and it would be nice to be able to communicate with them, especially at work.