Which Language would be the best to learn?

Question

Swedish (i have already started learning it, i know basic swedish)
Dutch
Norwegian
Icelandic
Russian
Polish

Which of these languages would the be best to learn? I am really interested in languages..mostly languages that arent well known! sooo please give me your opinion...and how difficult are these languages?

thanks for your help. but please stick to the list.

these are the languages i am interested.

I really CANT learn a language if i am not interested in it.

I have tried to learn spanish and french but i couldnt cause it wasnt fun for me.

so please just stick to the list and help me out

Answer 1

Swedish and Norwegian are really similiar languages, if you speak Swedish to a Norwegian (or Norwegian to a Swede) he will understand most of what you're trying to say since the words are so similiar.. This would also mean that if you manage to learn Swedish it would be relatively easy to learn Norwegian afterwards.. (or the other way around).. Also, though it's not on your list, written Danish is also really easy to understand if you know Norwegian.. Swedish and Norwegian are, in my opinion, easy languages, with WAY EASIER grammar than Russian and Icelandic.. My experience with Dutch is that it's about as difficult as German, that would be medium difficulty (a bit tricky grammar).. I've been told by both native Russian speakers and by students of Russian that it's a really difficult language, and that the grammars are pure horror.. on the other hand, Russian is probably the most "important" language on your list, with more than 140 milllion native speakers. (in comparison, Norwegian and Swedish combined propably have less than 15 million native speakers.) I unfortunately have no knowledge of Polish..

Answer 2

I don't know Russian, but I know that it's one of the languages for which trained speakers are in demand today. It's rated as one of the difficult languages, so that would be one reason why there are not that many trained speakers. The other languages you listed are not a "critical language" like Russian.

Answer 3

All languages are good. Any of these would be nice for you. I suppose it depends on your goals for learning. Is it simply an intellectual exercise? In that case, any of them will do. Are you interested in traveling to places where these languages are spoken? If so, which of the places are you most likely to visit? And so forth. We can't really just randomly make the decision for you.

Answer 4

I tell you now Spanish should be on yours list. I fact add it, If I was you I would try learn all those too. You never know when you may come across who speak those languages.

Answer 5

I would add Mandarin to the list. There are a LOT of asian people and China is becomeing very powerful in the world both economically and politically...

Answer 6

Russian it is a pretty common language or you could try Croatian it is pretty good too plus you said you like hard to learn ones they both pretty hard to learn!

Answer 7

I haven't studied any of these, but I'd like to learn Russian, so I think that's a good pick. 2nd choice would be Dutch. but it'd be really cool to know Russian!

Answer 8

Why do you want to speak any of these languages? Do you have a need for them? Just speak English and you can get by almost anyplace.

Answer 9

i would say arabic i know its no on the list,,,but take a look all the MEA speack arabic and its not easy but its intresting to learn

Answer 10

How about Russian.
souds interesting and most influence.