What language do you reccomend?

Question

I'm going to take language classes at my college. Could you reccomend any languages? It doesn't necessarily have to be really easy, and I'd like a language that gives you a larger selection of words to express yourself with. And I'd like a language that isn't very harsh.

Answer 1

It would depend upon what sort of work you wish to do after leaving university.
My suggestions are:
1) Chinese MANDARIN -- as there will be a lot of trade and diplomacy involving China.
2) JAPANESE -- Again because if the large amount of trade and diplomacy involved.
3) If you are living in the US I would suggest SPANISH & PORTUGESE because these are used in South America, and there is a lot of trade and migration with South America.
4) If you are thinking of going into diplomacy, travelling often in Europe or Indochina then FRENCH.

If you are thinking of studying ancient cultures then there are a number of European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages, both modern and ancient, that you could study.

As a journalist & TV news cameraman I have had to learn and use several Asian languages -- Thai/Lao, Malay/Indonesian, Khmer, Chinese (Mandarin) as well as using French in Indochina. Khmer (Cambodian) is the only language other than my native English that I use most.

Answer 2

Like the others stated, Mandarin could be exceptional to gain knowledge of. But if you're totally watching to gain knowledge of a language with a Roman alphabet then I'd say Romanian. Latin is well and all however the truth that it's not spoken could make it a lot tougher to train by means of speaking with local audio system. Romanian has plenty of similarities with the languages you recognize (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French) so that you will have to prefer it up as an alternative swiftly. If you've gotten iTunes you'll be able to even discover a podcast on there now which is helping train Romanian. Best of success!

Answer 3

It really depends on what you want. Does it have to a currently spoken language? Or a language of an ancient culture will do? Also what does your college offer? Some interesting choices might be any Native American language, such as Navajo or Iroquois or esp. Aztec=Nahuatl if offered. If dead languages are OK, Sanskrit might be really interesting and very challenging. If not, then Ancient Greek would be more interesting I think than Latin. ZAncient Egyptian is always a nice choice. Otherwise Japanese or Tamil or Hindi might be interesting--or Arabic or Hebrew. Any African language (Swahili, Zulu, etc.) or one of the South Sea languages (Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Fijian) are also good choices.

Answer 4

My first choice would be espanol (a.k.a. Spanish), because
that's always been the 2nd-language of the US; and that is
becoming increasingly truer, every year, as our Hispanic
population continues to grow.
But, other languages which would be good choices are:
1. French
2. Chinese
3. Japanese
4. German -- which I've considered learning for quite a
while, but haven't yet gotten around to doing.
I have heard some people, though, say, "Deutsche tohn
sehr rhah."
(They made the remark in englisch, of course: "German
sounds very harsh.")

Answer 5

From what you say, I would choose French. Over 15,000 words came directly into English from the French language when William the Conquerer took over England. The upper class words are the words that came into the language, such as underwear (lower class), lingerie (upper class).

Studies have shown that students who take French in high school usually do much better on the SAT verbal test because of their exposure to the extra words the French gave them.

Spanish is more useful, however, if you are seeking a job in the US because you are more likely to be exposed to it.

Answer 6

Spanish (Castilian)

Because sounds beautiful !! it's the most spoken romanic language and you can speak with millions of people in:

Spain
Mexico
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Venezuela
Colombia
Paraguay
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Panamá
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
Rep. Dominicana
Cuba
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Honduras
Guinea Ecuatorial
etc.

A lot of people in Europe, the US and Brazil have spanish as their second language

;)

Answer 7

French or Spanish. Millions of people around the world speak those languages, and if you want to move to a Francophone or Spanish speaking country, it'll be easy.

Answer 8

I'd definitely learn Spanish, Chinese, and Russian for the world that we'll see in the next couple of decades. Those, along with English, will allow you to communicate with a HUGE percentage of the people in the world.

Answer 9

If i were you, I would probably take German. Its an interesting language.
But since you want a nice sounding language, I would take chinese (mandarine or either cantonese), japanese, italian, or either french.

Answer 10

Spanish since the growing it being having lately.