how many languages do you speak?

i'm kinda bored so i decided to make this topic..

so how many languages do you speak, and which?

It would be more time consuming if I told you the languages I didn't know.

Just English and Japanese (though I don't utilize it often; listening and reading is more frequent). I learned some Spanish in grade school and can understand simple phrases. I was briefly in a class for Chinese, but I consider that one beyond my ability (tones! ack!). I've been thinking of trying Korean...

totally agree Nightwalker...

i speak all the western and eastern Norse languages (Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish) and english, and i do understand almost everything in german and dutch but i can't speak it. the faroese language seems to contain words from all those languages which makes it alot easier to understand them, i never learned any of the languages in school except german.

interesting SambaNeko i have also thought about trying korean and french :D

In answer to the thread topic the only language I am fluent in is English. Although, I have tried learning German and Greek in past years but not very successfully.

"Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish".. Aren't those really similar?

I speak 2.5. Or if you go by local politics here you could say 6.5. After the civil war and the break up of the states everyone started inventing their own language, but they are all basically the same (with different local dialects). I think is just a bunch of BS as we all understand each other perfectly anyway. So my answer is 2.5.

well once it was 1 language turned out into dialects which made 5 languages, however the faroese history is screwed up (the whole history is based on norse mythology) so there is no way to tell which of them came first or whatever..

but these languages have changed so much from each other for centuries.. a danish person can't speak faroese, i mean the dialect difference between faroese and danish is so much that a danish person can never speak the dialect perfectly, it is simply impossible, but the other way around seems very easy, i don't know why.

Q: What do you call someone who can speak three languages?

A: Trilingual. <--highlight

Q: What do you call someone who can speak two languages?

A: Bilingual.

Q: What do you call someone who can speak one language?

A: English.

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however the faroese history is screwed up

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Well, you can say the the English too! They come up with the stupid language and look where its going... down the plug hole.

I can speak languages like Hindi and Punjabi but don't know to write :D
other is Arabic and little bit English.

I can speak Russian fluently and without an accent because my native language is Russian.:wave:
I do not know the English language, so I use the Google translate.

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Originally Posted by klen_

I can speak Russian fluently and without an accent because my native language is Russian.:wave:
I do not know the English language, so I use the Google translate.

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I'm a member of a Russian Forum but I can't speak Russian or read Cyrillic. :lol:

hebrew, english, japanese

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Q: What do you call someone who can speak one language?

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Don't forget the Frenchmen.

I'm a fluent Dutch, English and Portuguese speaker.
Can't really write Portuguese though.
And I speak a little bit of French and German.

I speak English and End User

I speak Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Japanese. I also speak Malayalam, French, Swahili and Chinese, but neither me nor anyone else listening to me can understand.

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I speak English and End User

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Damn I hope I could speak End User, I really have to learn that:p

I speak French and English.

VB.Net


Goes down great at dinner parties, and when trying to impress girls.

I speak both languages: English and Foreign. Foreign is very like English but slower, louder and often involves hand gestures. Englishmen are often frustrated by the fact that some foreign people don't appear to speak foreign.

lol too bad the laughter came after i woke up again :D

zaza hows that going for you? :D

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Originally Posted by stlaural

Damn I hope I could speak End User, I really have to learn that:p

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Well, to be honest, I'm not fluent in End User and I have a dreadful accent, but I can get by.

I sort of speak english. I can read and write just fine, but I stumble when speaking. I have attempted to learn spanish and japanese, but both of those endeavors failed miserably.

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Originally Posted by funkydexter

i speak both languages: English and foreign. Foreign is very like english but slower, louder and often involves hand gestures. Englishmen are often frustrated by the fact that some foreign people don't appear to speak foreign.

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Malayalam, English, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit

Malayalam = Mother-tongue
English = for dealing with my international friends (that's you guys ;))
Tamil = for watching movies. I don't know how to write in that language, but can understand most of the things. :)
Hindi = it was compulsory in school. But I always score an average only.:p
Sanskrit = it was also compulsory in school, because my school days are in Chinmaya Vidyalayas :)

My dad knows 7+ languages :)

I speak English, and a small amount of Spanish like:
Hello.
Hi how are you?
My name is John.
I speak a very small amount of Spanish.
I want a meal.
I want a beer.
I want a whiskey.
I don't like (then I can point)
Where is the bathroom?
... and a little more.

That's about all I need :)

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Originally Posted by MarMan

I speak English, and a small amount of Spanish like:
Hello.
Hi how are you?
My name is John.
I speak a very small amount of Spanish.
I want a meal.
I want a beer.
I want a whiskey.
I don't like (then I can point)
Where is the bathroom?
... and a little more.

That's about all I need :)

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olla
olla como estas
me nombre es john
pokite abla espanol
kiero meal, beer, whiskey
no kiero (point to)
donde estas albanio