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Which Language Should I Learn?

Arabic 9 7.76%
 
Mandarin 10 8.62%
 
Japanese 28 24.14%
 
spanish 20 17.24%
 
Italian 3 2.59%
 
Greek 7 6.03%
 
German 18 15.52%
 
Turkish 3 2.59%
 
Portugese 10 8.62%
 
Russian 7 6.03%
 
Total:115
darthdevidem01 on 24 August 2012

I REALLY want to learn a new language!!

My university offers evening courses which I think will be suitable for me...it's only 2 times a week I think. Shouldn't affect my studies really & I think I'll enjoy it!

They have

What would be the most fun & useful language to learn?
Right now I'm keen on Spanish, Japanese or Mandarin Chinese. I just can't seem to decide...I've googled stuff but it's the usual people on Yahoo Answers saying random stuff! 

 



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man-bear-pig on 24 August 2012

Mandarin



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darthdevidem01 on 24 August 2012
man-bear-pig said:
Mandarin

Why? Do you think it'll be useful to know as China becomes more powerful?

But then again English is pretty standard there. 

Which is easier to learn..Japanese or Mandarin?



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badgenome on 24 August 2012

I say Turkish. He's a pretty cool guy.



happydolphin on 24 August 2012

Arabic. The litterary arabic and sung arabic are truly of beauty.



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darthdevidem01 on 24 August 2012
badgenome said:
I say Turkish. He's a pretty cool guy.

Not on neogaf he isn't...he calls himself Emperor of Turkey there. 



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happydolphin on 24 August 2012

Delusions of grandure, of course.



Boutros on 24 August 2012

I'd go with Russian, Japanese or Mandarin.

Don't bother with French :/



Slimebeast on 24 August 2012

Greek. It's an amazing country and lots of ancient manuscripts are in Greek.



ultima on 24 August 2012

Spanish, Japanese or Mandarin Chinese... If you're going for full literary education, then Spanish is by far the easiest. If learning to mainly converse is the aim, I'd personally go for Japanese.
I was kind of in your shoes a while back, and I personally chose German. My reason is that I've always liked Germany as a country, and the fact that German is also used in Switzerland and Austria. Oh, and Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft!!!
I also know Russian and can vouch for that. It's a really beautiful language with one of the best collections of writers and poets throughout history. But, like your other two aforementioned choices, Russian does not use the Latin alphabet. But on the bright side, at least it does use an alphabet! ;)