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Gaiyara
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Languages that open doors...
I've been reconsidering what languages I want to learn. Right now the best one I know is (obviously) Japanese and I basically completely forgot the little I knew of others.
In the business world and the political world, what are the languages that will "open doors" for you that you otherwise would not have?
Mandarin? German? Spanish? French? Russian?
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Re: Languages that open doors...
If you're exclusively looking for a language that has applications in business Mandarin is probably you're best bet. It has more speakers than any other language, but it is very difficult to learn (Difficult tonal and writing systems and each region of China has a very different dialect).
Spanish is very easy to learn and it is widely spoken.
I'd choose a language that your interested in, no point in learning a language if you can't be motivated enough to work at it.
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Latin. Although not a spoken language, most European languages are based off of Latin, thus making learning a language easier.
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As L said, Latin. Also Spanish.
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A lot of niche market languages can often be the way to go, so really it depends. Learning mandarin, spanish, french, japanese, etc. warrant a gigantic and competitive environment. Lithuanian, on the other hand, isn't so hardcore.
So really, unless its a super folksy australian hunter-gatherer society language (unless you wanna drop out of agricultural society) youll do ok, just find one you like, find pretty, w/e, and roll accordingly.
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L Wrote:Latin. Although not a spoken language, most European languages are based off of Latin, thus making learning a language easier.
The only reason to learn Latin is so to use the ATM machines in Vatican City.
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Gayarou Wrote:I've been reconsidering what languages I want to learn. Right now the best one I know is (obviously) Japanese and I basically completely forgot the little I knew of others.
In the business world and the political world, what are the languages that will "open doors" for you that you otherwise would not have?
Mandarin? German? Spanish? French? Russian?
German. More of our shit than you think comes from Germany, and I only exspect this to increase.
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Ahab Wrote:A lot of niche market languages can often be the way to go, so really it depends. Learning mandarin, spanish, french, japanese, etc. warrant a gigantic and competitive environment. Lithuanian, on the other hand, isn't so hardcore.
So really, unless its a super folksy australian hunter-gatherer society language (unless you wanna drop out of agricultural society) youll do ok, just find one you like, find pretty, w/e, and roll accordingly.
Good points Ahab. I'm learning Tagalog with the help of my mom (she's Filipina). I wonder if it'd be easy to get a job in the philippines if I'm a Tagalog speaker educated at an american university. 
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Gayarou Wrote:Ahab Wrote:A lot of niche market languages can often be the way to go, so really it depends. Learning mandarin, spanish, french, japanese, etc. warrant a gigantic and competitive environment. Lithuanian, on the other hand, isn't so hardcore.
So really, unless its a super folksy australian hunter-gatherer society language (unless you wanna drop out of agricultural society) youll do ok, just find one you like, find pretty, w/e, and roll accordingly.
Good points Ahab. I'm learning Tagalog with the help of my mom (she's Filipina). I wonder if it'd be easy to get a job in the philippines if I'm a Tagalog speaker educated at an american university.
Foriegn countries, including the phillipines hire native english speakers to be ESL teachers, for both kids and adults. Usually all you need is a bachelors as opposed to working in the states which requires a masters and a state certification.
http://www.teachabroad.com/Philippines.cfm
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I was briefly interested in teaching English in Japan, but then I found out how unfulfilling of a job it was because there are so many people doing that in Japan right now.
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I think it would really depend what you're doing in your life and who you associate with. If you do business in Germany, being fluent in German is certainly a good thing, but if you're doing business in China, for example, German may be next to useless and instead you may want to learn Chinese. It's hard to say which language is the international (business) language (well, okay, apart from english), really.
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Gayarou Wrote:I've been reconsidering what languages I want to learn. Right now the best one I know is (obviously) Japanese and I basically completely forgot the little I knew of others.
In the business world and the political world, what are the languages that will "open doors" for you that you otherwise would not have?
Mandarin? German? Spanish? French? Russian?
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