What language would you like to learn and why?

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I did Spanish to GCSE and French to A level, can also speak Greek to a reasonable level.

I've never learnt German, I love hearing it spoken (big German community where I live and English is used as the common language) but it's unlike any other language I know. So different from the shouty Mediterranean languages, it always sounds clear and concise (I'm happy to be corrected on this though 😅).

I'm learning German and Dutch (as duolingo doesn't have a Flemish unit). I was never very confident with languages but I remember a surprising amount of school French (at random moments - I'll be on a bus and thinking about flipper being French for pinball. I can speak a bit of Italian and read it reasonably well. I love Belgium so would really like to speak Flemish when I visit.

Arabic
it’s a beautifully expressive language in how it’s used sometimes a little dramatic compared to English 😆

That is why I love languages because I live in a Scandinavian country and the language is a little boring compared to English. It sounds lovely but doesn’t have the range of expression.

Swahili and Shona - I speak both to a limited degree, but very far from fluent!

Would like to learn Xhosa (bit more challenging it is the South African 'click' language), Tswana and Zulu simply because I like the sound of East/Southern African languages and am interested in language, languages, phonetics, linguistics, etymology and lexicography generally and have some friends from these regions and would like to converse with them in their own languages

I'd like a crash course in Irish so I could pronounce the beautiful names correctly.

My best friend probably wants me to do this.

The amount of times I WA her a name to make her voice note it back because I want to know how it is meant to sound.

None!
I hated languages at school, I’m not a language learning sort of person!

Norwegian as also had a fascination with Scandinavia.

Italian - because the sound of the language sounds so much fun. You just add an ‘A’ to everything!

gaeilge. Not my mother tongue and not my best subject at school. I’d like to be able to help my DDs with their homework.

Japanese

I have been several times and speak it a little bit would love to delve deeper.

Is this german community in the UK?

@Seawolves ♥️♥️♥️ my daughter is profoundly disabled and non verbal etc too , wouldn’t it be amazing to understand what those intense eye contact snuggles mean x

Irish, because I’m Irish and can’t speak it properly at all even though it was compulsory in school (still is).
It’s strange to love a language you can’t speak properly but that’s my relationship with Irish. I found it difficult in school. It’s easier to love now there’s no exam pressure!

I learned French in school up to O level but I only remember some words and phrases. I also did a year of German and Welsh in school.

After a holiday to Austria I enrolled on a German conversation course but I didn't go back to Germany or Austria.

I also took Italian conversation for 2 years but I'm hopeless. I have 2 Italian pen friends/WhatsApp friends but we mainly, 99% of the time, converse in English.time

I'd love to learn BSL but I'd be all fingers and thumbs.

Latin

Googled “learn Latin” in my area and the website promises lessons with “native Latin speakers” which does not inspire confidence 🤣

No, I live in an EU country.

To clarify, English is not the native language but it's used as the common language between natives and foreigners.

Welsh. Tried 10 years ago, but it's very hard to get enough immersion and practice if you don't live in Wales.

Mandarin Chinese.

I have a book on my bookcase and have attempted it 😂 I'd love to know if I can be understood!

I can already speak a bit of French and Italian.

Spanish or better French. (Did GCSE French, have also learned German, Italian and Japanese to a competent level though rusty now.)

I did German as my degree and def go for it! while it’s a hard language due to agreements and word order, it is very beautiful and fun to learn, and Germany/Austria/Switzerland are wonderful places to travel. The only problem is that the Germans are rather inclined to immediately speak English since they learn it to a high level at school which is very discouraging as a learner. (Germans like to be efficient so to them it’s logical to speak in the language you both know best, they don’t mean to be rude.)

I know what you mean, all my German customers speak perfect English - it's their default language and almost always with perfect grammar.

My parents both learnt German at school (70 years ago!) but remember it well and love speaking it when they go on holiday in Austria. My mother also learnt French and Spanish (to O level I think) but absolutely cannot get her head around Greek 😂 She can manage a few words but as for text, she just nopes out.

Irish for me. I went to a Protestant school in NI where there was no opportunity to learn Irish. I feel so close to its sounds and cadence, yet I only know a few words. My mum was a lapsed Catholic and it was interesting to see on the 1921 census that my granny and her family were all listed as fluent Irish speakers. Sad that our branch of the family lost that in a couple of generations. DP is from a Catholic background and has a decent knowledge of Irish, without being completely fluent. It’s nothing but pure laziness stopping me from learning!

Spanish. We have a family house there (soon to go on the market). But I think Spanish is spoken so many places it would be a good second language.

Same. I took classes for a year when I lived in the ME and loved it, but I couldn’t find a consistent teacher when I went back to Europe. I’d love to resume. It’s a fascinating language.

Another one for Welsh. I plan to move to Anglesey as soon as I can. My pronunciation is awful, but I’m trying really hard to learn.