So hey everyone i am a 17 year old student that lives in turkey and currently in 10th grade i am a native turkish(by birthplace) and a native english speaker(by family)i want to take up a third language but im torn between 2 languages german and japanese.I will be moving abroad for university in like 2 and a half years(probably europe since im a european citizen).İf i could learn german in that time frame to c1 proficiency i could have the chance of then applying to some unis in germany and switzerland but i dont know if its realistic to go from a2 to c1 in 2.5years plus there isnt much german content i would be excited to be able to understand apart from like 2 netflix shows lol.But with japanese there are many japanese shows and literature that it would be excited to understand and japanese as a turkish speaker feels grammatically pretty clear and i really believe its a smooth language kanji is a monster though.And my goals with japanese are much more intuitive since i dont have academic expectations i just want to be able to understand the stuff that read and the shows i watch.

TLDR;i want to learn a language in 2.5years german gives me more unis to apply to which is great but i dont have anything else to desire abt it and i need to be c1 or it wpuld be essentially useless.Japanese on the other hand i have more content on it that im passionate about but it wouldnt provide me anything academically or economically and my goal is tp just understand literature amd shows.So should i try to get c1 german or just go the passion route since i also have studyies and expect to be able to give a max of like 2hrs a day.

I understand Russian is the most widely used language in the region but would learning a language native to Central Asia help with learning about and connecting with the culture a lot more than Russian? Russian has more resources and there's plenty of solid ones I can think of right away but I wouldn't really know where to begin with a native language of the region. Do people of Central Asian countries view Russian as purely utilitarian with the their native ones being the true key to the culture? I'm fascinated by Central Asia but don't have a very particular interest in Russia, so I'm concerned about motivation levels going forward. Anyone ever face a similar situation?

I tried learning russian last year and i already know russian basics rn. Should i continue learning russian till I'm fluent or learn something else? (I'm just learning for fun as im already fluent in 3 languages and would like more languages to learn)

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Assalamu Alaikum,

I am intending to learn either Arabic or Persian, depending on which has a higher degree of linguistic, literary, and conversational simplicity. I'm aware that Arabic has various dialects and sectarian variations, but I am seeking insight into the general difficulty I will experience in learning the simplest of forms.

Currently, I am unsure about whether the circumstances are different in terms of learning Persian, but one of my primary motivations in learning one of the two languages is centered around progressing in my Islamic studies, so I'm more inclined to learn the former.

I also intend to relocate and make Hijrah after graduation, and Arabic is the language that's more essential to the Middle East's law, business, and technology sectors, further cementing my inclination to Arabic over Persian.

Can anyone provide me with information as to what dialects of Arabic are easier-to-learn and can be used across the region, with a moderate level of understanding?

Thank you.

For the past year or two I've been on-and-off learning Afrikaans and Korean, given that my family speaks these two languages to some extent. I'll admit I still have a long way to go with both, as I'm around B1/B2 with Afrikaans and around A2/B1 for Korean, but once I've finished with both, I've been wondering what to study next.

A part of me wants to go with Dutch and/or German since they're closely linguistically related to Afrikaans, or possibly Mandarin and/or Japanese since, while they're not part of the same language family as Korean, all three share large amounts of vocab from Proto-Sinitic, as well as Hanzi/Hanja/Kanji. I currently live in the UK so I don't have much of an incentive to learn new languages, but I still want to as it's fun for me.

The other part of me wants to learn some other, completely different language for fun, but most of these attempts die off really early once the novelty wears off. I've done this with several languages from several different families, but the attempts all end up the same. Any recommendations?

So recently I wanted to learn a new language but I don't know which to choose. Korean can be easy for me to choose because I love K-pop and I love k-drama and I have a friend that speaks Korean that could help me. But then Japanese I recently getting into anime and manga again and love it and the country all the cute stuff there (Sanrio) and the cafes and food they have. I love how the Language looks and sound. Only thing that frightens me is kanji. I don't know what to choose but I'm kinda leaning on Japanese but I don't know in the future I might regret it. I'm 15 so I don't know if I'm overthinking it since I can easily learn the other in my 20s

The reason why I say this is because today I was at the soccer field with my friend just playing and this kid who speaks Spanish came up to us to play we didn’t understand him since he spoke Spanish but he had pointed at the ball and I assumed he had said “play” and I said yea so we played and we started to get hungry so I brought my friend and him something to eat and the people at the food stand also spoke Spanish and English but after we got done ordering they went straight to speaking Spanish and this made me realize something kinda no matter where I go like the mall or the store I always hear people speak Spanish and ofc English and since I live in the united states learning Spanish will be way more useful then learning German since no one around me speak german and I’m only learning German because I wanna go to college there and since I also like the culture and my mom is thinking about moving to Texas so knowing Spanish will be huge since there are more Spanish people there then in the state where I live at so should I just stop learning German and learn Spanish. And I did try to learn Spanish with dreaming Spanish last year but I had drop it for German because I thought German was easier then Spanish.

I'm planning to spend some time in Europe, specifically France, Switzerland, and Italy.  I'll be a bicycle tourist.  I'll visit some tourist areas, but mostly I hope to be riding on smaller back roads away from the cities.  I'll be there for a couple of months.   I'll do a combination of hostels and camping.

I live in Southern California and am a native English speaker.     Decades ago, I studied German and Spanish and am at the "pre-kindergarten level in each.”  Broken sentences and pointing.

Here is my question:  Let's say I only have 6 months to learn the basics of a language.  Is it best to invest in learning French or Italian?     (I know the answer is "whichever you like,"  but I'm looking for practical reasons

some of my thinking is:   

• Pragmatically, if English is not widely spoken outside of the cities and hospitality industry, it would be best to learn the basics of the local language.
• Choosing between French and Italian, my initial take is that Italian will be easier for me to learn.  I'm a poor speller in English.  So poor that when I taught high school science, my students were all better than me.   I look at French and think "I'll never be able to write it.” But to me, I don't need to write. 
• I think more people speak French, even here in North America.
• Which do I like?   It's a coin toss, hence this post.
• "Both" is a possible answer, but I would make slower progress, and I'm afraid if I tried both, the result would be "none.”
• Other things to consider?

I am in the US, and already speak English, French, and Spanish fluently as well as some Portuguese (which I don’t feel like working on) and Latin for work.

I have had an essentially lifelong fascination with Japanese fiction (I collect quite a lot of it in translation) but don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to study. On the other hand I find Swedish interesting and all, just not sure if enough to really commit yet, but my wife’s family have ties to Sweden and that’s really important to us.

My only real desire is to read literature, in Swedish or Japanese original. I don’t need to have great conversation skills and travel isn’t in the cards, but I’d love to be able to read books (perhaps also other kinds of media, like movies or music, but these are secondary).

So, what say you?

Update: Hm. Thanks everyone.

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Hi again. So recently, I decided I wanted to pick up an additional language to learn and I'm torn between Tagalog or Swedish.

Tagalog pros: Some people in my area speak the language and it seems relatively easy to learn. Also, I heard that the Filipino culture is really warm and welcoming.

Tagalog cons: It reminds me a lot of my star-crossed lover who is half-Filipino.

Swedish pros: It won't remind me of my afterformentioned star-crossed lover.

Swedish cons: There isn't that many people in my area who speak Swedish and plus I heard that Swedish culture isn't that welcoming.

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Hello! So I’ve been self studying Japanese for the last several weeks but I’m questioning my decision to do so… I’m not sure if I should learn Cantonese instead.

I was born in the USA to Hong Kong immigrants. I mainly speak English. I can understand some spoken Cantonese (my mandarin listening comprehension is worse). I cannot read or write Chinese cheaters but I’m interested in learning (especially traditional and not simplified). My parents have made fun of my pronunciation and I’ve concluded that I’m tone deaf

I’m interested in Japanese because it doesn’t have tones and they also used Chinese characters (kanji shinjitai is quite similar to traditional characters). Additionally I listen to a lot of Japanese bands and I enjoy reading manga. Most of my video games also have Japanese influence. My knowledge of Chinese media is far less.

However it feels wrong for me to be interested in Japanese… I feel that I should be learning Cantonese since it’s my heritage. What do you all think? Should I continue with Japanese or switch to Cantonese instead?

I am hungarian and when I had learned german languages I had a problem: I didn’t understand what people say me. In the school I learned more languages: german, italian and english and now I try to learn italian, spanish and finnish. My grammar knowledges and my vocabulary grow up faster and easier than my listening, but this effect was very hard in german and in english it is harder than italian. I think I would give a second change for german language family and I think between norvegian and swedish, but all of opinions write about grammar complexity. What do you think about it? Which would be easier for me like listening?

Hi, I would love to receive some advice.

I'm a German native speaker, somewhere between C1 and C2 level in English and around N3 level in Japanese (I also know some very basic Spanish, because it was a mandatory class in school, so I took it for 7 years).

I would love to learn Manderin, because:

• I really like the sound of the language
• I listen to a lot of Manderin music
• My favourite drama is in Manderin
• I feel like I need to have something else to do besides just studying Japanese and working (especially because it makes me dislike Japanese more and more)
• I have been wanting to study this language for around 4 to 5 years

Reasons why I'm not sure if it's a good idea:

• I'm currently studying Japanese which already count as a hard language and many people online seem to think it's a bad idea to study both at the same time
• I personally find the political situation in China difficult and do not wish to study/work/live there (though I also wouldn't wish to work in Japan either, due to the bad work-life balance)

Reasons for learning Japanese:

• I have already invested money and time into it, so I should continue
• Would be good for my CV
• External accountability: Family and friends know that I'm learning Japanese and regularly ask how it's going
• I like Kanji (but not that they each have so many different pronounciations)
• Nothing else. I'm not interested in manga, anime, J-Pop, the sound of the language, etc.

Other information that may be relevant:

• I will be spending a year at a language school in Japan from October this year to October next year
• I can hand write around 800-1000 Kanji as of right now
• I'm taking one on one lessons in Japanese once a week and would do the same with Manderin, if I were to start studying it
• My goal for Manderin would be to be able to enjoy entertainment content. I wouldn't be interested in e.g. studying in Chine or understanding scientific topics.
• I would be learning the simplified Hanzi, for the purposes mentioned above.

Please let me know your thoughts! :)

Edit: To clarify, I study around 2h/d for Japanese. The 1h/w is just for one on one classes.

So I know 2 languages( can read and write in 2 and understand 3)

Now want to learn 4 th language,

Is there any language you can suggest to me that is easy to learn and understand like the one that doesn't require much effort?

Languages I know-

English

Hindi

This 2025 I want to start to learn a language. The general reason is that I like to learn and the idea of being able to learn and comunicate with more people and interact with a bigger part of the world and humankind is very interesting. Also, it's good for the currículum, which is a secondary reason, but one that is a good one too.

My native language is spanish and I think I have a good level compared with my fellow spaniards. I also speak English. I'd say my current skills would put me around a B2. I have been learning by myself just because I like it and in a kind of organic way because almost half of the content I consume is in English. Of course I will keep doing the same despite starting with a new language.

And now my question is, which language would you recommend me to start learning?

These are my thoughs about it: I'd like a language that can be useful and have plenty of resources to learn from. Also, would prefer to not change the alphabet. I don't have any interest in asían languages at the moment. I have also discarded French. My first ideas were german and portuguese but I'd like to consider other suggestions to see if any other fits better. My "problem" with german is that It seems to be the go-to as third language for lots of people and I'd like something different that could give me sn edge currículum wise. And with portuguese what is stopping me is that It seems to be not so useful because I have the impression (might be wrong) that is not very spoken worldwide.

I know it might be complicated, but I'd like to hear your suggestions. I don't have any problem if there are suggestions regarding the languages that I have discarded/I'm not fully sold on, because my ideas might be wrong and I'm open to consider any point of view so I can make the better possible decision.

Thanks in advance!

What language should I learn?

Hello! I am wanting to learn a second language, but I am unsure which to choose. I want to learn either Japanese or Mandarin, but I cannot decide in which is the better option for me. I was hoping to get some feedback from other people who learned either and maybe some perspective on my pros / cons for learning each.

Relevant background: I tried learning German in high school, but I struggled. The teacher was not bad, I just simply could not get a grasp on how the German language assigns genders to words. Additionally the sentence structure really threw me off because it was not ordered like SVO (like English is). I took 3 years and don’t remember a bit of it - that’s an idea of how much I struggled with it. That being said, I am choosing either mandarin or Japanese because I know they are genderless languages and they both have practical uses for me.

Japanese Pros:

• I love Japanese films and anime. I have already been getting listening practice and I have a love for Japanese culture.
• I plan to travel to Japan in the next few years
• Hiragana is a gentle introduction to symbols

Japanese Cons:

• not SVO ordered. I feel like I will struggle with sentence structure :(

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Mandarin Pros

• Useful for professional career **can anyone attest to how useful it’s been in your own career?
• SVO structured
• I have some mandarin-speaking friends that I can converse with once I am at that level

Mandarin cons

• Tonal language; enhanced difficulty for pronunciation

Please forgive my formatting and grammar as I am on mobile. I look forward to hearing anyone’s input! :)

Hello, I am a native english speaker :)

Recently due to the TikTok ban in America I've seen a lot of mandarin (from Rednote) and it has reignited my desire to learn an Asian language- particularly either mandarin, japanese, or korean. I know mandarin has easier grammar with very complex tones and japanese + korean are the opposite. I am mainly going to interact with online spaces in these languages so I am not as worried about being able to speak it well, moreso reading and writing, so I am leaning towards japanese or korean. I want to do this to explore other cultures and experience new groups of people. I am undecided because I do not know which of the three will be the most interesting as far as learning new metaphors, sayings, similes, general culture, etc.

Does anyone have any recommendations for which of the 3 I should pursue, and any tips for said language?

I tried learning japanese for a few months years ago but got burnt out of it due to putting heavy expectations on myself.

I know this has been asked before but I believe my circumstances differ enough that suggestions could change.

I'm interested in learning Spanish or Mandarin Chinese. NL is English and I've already been learning Japanese for a year and a half so I have some kanji meanings memorised, even if they're slightly different.

My primary reasons for language learning are 1. Travel, and 2. Because I enjoy the process. (I did Japanese for a holiday)

I live in Sydney Australia where there is a large Chinese population encompassing many ethnic subgroups. I work with many native Mandarin speakers but also some South American Spanish natives.

Im planning to visit Taiwan later this year and would like to visit mainland China at some point (as well as Hong Kong but I'm not sure how useful Mandarin is there).

I would like to visit Spain as well as some of South America in the future but I don't see that happening for at least a few years and I'd like to focus on just one additional language for now.

In terms of media and cultural exports, Spanish offers greater personal interest despite my love for xiao long bao.

So what do you guys think, should I start yet another language that's completely different from my NL that'll require more effort to become conversational but will have greater usefulness, or do I opt for short term gratification?

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Hello! I grew up in the USA to Hong Kong immigrants. However my parents never taught me Chinese. Naturally Cantonese would be the best choice to reconnect with family. However Cantonese has fewer resources compared to Japanese or Mandarin. Additionally, Cantonese doesn’t have a body of literature or standardized writing system. Everyone in China writes in Mandarin instead.

I am interested in Japanese because I’m a big fan of Japanese popular culture. I can name dozens of J-Pop bands but very few Cantonese ones. I also enjoy watching anime and i plan to visit Tokyo one day. Additionally I find tonal languages impossible to pronounce. Japanese has pitch accent, which is a lot easier. I’d also like to add that I prefer traditional Chinese over simplified. Japanese kanji is much closer to traditional than simplified, which is awesome.

Which language should I learn? Cantonese 🇲🇴 🇭🇰 , Japanese 🇯🇵 or Mandarin 🇹🇼 🇨🇳 ?

I’m both South Korean and Japanese, but I know neither. Well, by knowing neither I mean I can’t read or write, but i can speak a few works like “Good morning,” or “How are you?” and things like that. But i can’t form genuine sentences. If i were to start, what should i start with? I also want to visit both but it depends on which language I learn first! Please lmk!

I'm in a bit of a dialemma on which to start.

I've been curious about both languages, my gut is telling me to start Portuguese (specifically learning European Portuguese) as I have such an interest in the country's culture, geography, language, etc, though I've heard of the lack of recourses to learn the European variant of the language.

Spanish is quite similar to Portuguese from what I've heard, but I have less of a passion to learn it other than the fact it's very widely spoken and could unlock a lot more countries. I still have some interest though in learning the language and I think I'd enjoy it too.

I would eventually like to know both, Duolingo seems to have both Spanish and Portuguese, but I'm unsure if the Duolingo portuguese course caters towards both variants of the language or only Brazillian portuguese.

Thanks!

I am already learning a second language and hope to take my B2 exam in a few months. I am hoping that once I can get most of my practice/maintenance through input and less active studying (workbooks, etc.) that I will be able to take on a third language.

German was next on my list but I also would eventually like to learn Afrikaans. From what I have heard, Afrikaans will be easier to learn (relatively) as a native English speaker and doesn't have the same intense grammar as German. I know German is going to be rough and just wondering if anyone else has experience with these two languages and whether it's easier to go from Afrikaans -> German or the other way around.

I am intent on learning German regardless but one of my closest friends is from SA and so I am now considering doing Afrikaans first so that I can surprise her with it and I know German will probably take longer to learn in either case.

I’m studying German and Portuguese at university and I can do a third language.

French would be good because my sister is also studying French and wants to do it at uni. And compared to Spanish, is more different to Portuguese so I wouldn’t get confused so much.

Spanish is good because of how widely spoken it is and I like Spanish music and media. My sister is also thinking of studying it along with French at university. But I’m worried it’s too similar to Portuguese and it will confuse me and also if it’s similar, it would probably be easier for me to learn it in my own time.

But which combination do you think would sound better on my degree certificate? German, Portuguese and French Or German, Portuguese and Spanish

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- French because I just like the language, and it would help me a lot as it was de-facto international language.

- Church Slavonic in order to understand liturgies.

-Hebrew because I like the culture.

-Yiddish because I like the culture and it is a Germanic language.

-Ukrainian because I am A2 in Russian and why not learn a similar language.

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Looking to learn a non-romance language as I've been learning Spanish for almost 3 years now and I dabble in French due to living in Canada. Just wanted to do something totally different.

Main things I'm looking for: welcoming community for learners (unlike a lot of French folk that don't understand "learning french" is a process and you don't just wake up being fluent one day), plenty of decent resources (youtube, netflix, disney+ dubs, etc).

No real stand-out connection to either language and I could easily find reasons to travel to areas that use these languages or mix in other interests.

Russian: Watch hockey, mma/wrestling, travel to central asia and some other places

Mandarin: Probably more mandarin speakers in Canada than any of the other languages, though I still don't encounter them often. Would love to go to China to train their traditional grappling arts and Sanda kickboxing.

Turkish: Just has an interesting allure to it, lots of resources, supposedly easier than the above 2? (maybe I'm wrong!). A few of my coworkers/friends regularly take in Turkish students on exchange programs, would love to travel there!

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Of course all 3 of these are going to be challenging for an english speaker, especially compared to romance languages. That's fine and Im more than fine making thisa 5-10 year project. That being said, difficulty definitely does play a factor - for example, Russian grammar seems absolutely dreadful.

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Advice for Aspiring Polyglots

This text, originally written by me, has been corrected by an AI for better readability.

I am posting this because I would like to get some advice for my case. I am a native Spanish speaker. In secondary school, I learned the basics of English. For fun, I also learned the basics of Portuguese on my own. However, for academic reasons, I need to achieve a B1 level in English. I want to get the certificate before summer, so since the beginning of this year, I’ve prepared my English study routine to pass my exams in six months. I don't want to continue with the extra schoolwork I've been doing because it doesn't help me improve my level, so I might stop these lessons. But this means I will be studying on my own. I feel a little insecure, but I believe I can do it. This won't be a problem as the months pass, and I continue studying. The ideas I have are:

— Study grammar and vocabulary from websites or books. — Read books without translations. — Write three texts per week, practicing grammar and vocabulary on various topics, ranging from 150 to 250 words. — Listen to podcasts, videos, or my favorite series in the original language. Should I use subtitles or not? — Speak every day with someone or an AI to correct my mistakes and try to sound natural, not robotic or uncomfortable.

I’ve tried to follow this routine for a few days. I admit that I’m not always disciplined, but I really want to try. I won't be overly pessimistic; if I pass these exams, it will be a big achievement for me. Once I pass the exams, I would like to continue learning languages. The problem is that I will be busy with other activities, and maybe I won’t have time for this hobby. But I’ve been thinking about the best options: English is a language with a very influential culture and many speakers, so it’s very useful and motivating for Romance language speakers. I could aim for a B2, C1, or even C2 level in the future.

Another attractive idea is to learn another Romance language, which is from the same linguistic family as my native language. Here are my thoughts:

— Catalan, Aragonese, or Galician: These are closer to Spanish and have Hispanic culture. However, I don’t feel very attracted to any of them—they're just okay to me. I respect these languages, and maybe I would study the basics if I ever travel to areas where they’re spoken or for cultural reasons. I would consider this option if I don't have other choices.

— Portuguese and French are my favorite options. I already know the basics of both, but I love them. Portuguese is closer to Spanish and is an international language. I want to study Brazilian Portuguese. On the other hand, French sounds beautiful, and it’s spoken in many countries.

— Romanian and Italian are good options too, especially Romanian for me. Romanian culture is very interesting to me because its history is so diverse. I also like how Italian sounds.

What do you think of these options? Is the routine I’ve written a good idea? What should I do to pass the B1 English exam? And especially, what is your advice for becoming a polyglot?

Turkish, Brazillian Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Persian or Arabic ?

Basically im in my early 20s but not for much longer so my goals are to learn a language that will give me the best chance to find a gf after my plastic surgeries that is open minded

I already speak German, Spanish and English fluently plus a bit of French like very very basic but I don't plan to porsue French more because the language is dying out and replaced with English slowly in most countries I have interest in

Turkish:

Pros:

-Turkish girls are the best looking ones in the world in my opinion and good marriage material if they like you that is -I love the food -I love the history of Turkey -I like how the language sounds -I've been hearing some turkish in my life

• I love Turkish tea

Cons:

-Turkish families could have a hard time accepting me -Some Turks are known to be racist which can happen in other countries as well of course but I feel like turks are much more dramtocnaboutnitnon average compared to other countries -It has the least amount of speakers compared to the other languages -Dating would probably be a lot easier in the other countries -Not really strong economically and not as widely used of a language -I feel like tourism isn't actively destroying Turkey or it's culture but the refugees do

Brazillian Portuguese:

Pros:

-Probably Easier to learn since I speak spanish and it would also help me to learn Italian in case I decide to do that -More favourable gender ratio and better chance to find a Girlfriend after my surgeries -A lot of speakers together with russian so more easily a me to use it -If I get kids with a Brazillian girls me and the kids woukd get an instant citizenship -Brazil is more away from conflict zones and more neutral than the other countries -Brazil also has a big German community

Cons: Im not generalizing but I would say on average turkish, Italian and due to the sexualized culture but it's more likely that I get a gf at all in Brazil compared to Turkey (I mean to maintain the relationship and also the likely hod of both parties staying loyal) -I don't say all Brazillian girls are prostitutes and not even that most are I know it's a lot less than half but compared to the other countries it's more likely I run into a prostitute -I feel like the food is not bad But Turkey an ditaly have better food

Italian:

Pros:

-Nice Food -Beautiful Girls with nice personalities if they like you -Near me -Easier to learn than Turkish or Russian because of Spanish -Economically better well off than turkey

Cons:

-Not a big language and the population is like semi big but declining -Music is nice but so far I liked other music more but might not have listened to a lot of Italian music -Similar to Turkey I feel like the girls are less approachable compared to Russia or Brazil Russian:

Pros:

-Gender imbalance would be 100% in my favour and women would be happy to get into a relationship if they are compatible with someone and I feel like they would actually be more approachable than turkish or Italian girls -A resource rich country which means they are very self sufficient -Iike russian History and music

Cons:

-There are beautiful Russian girls but I feel that on average Turkish, Italian and Brazillian/Portuguêse girls look better -Food is Pretty neutral compared to the others but not bad -Russian, Belarusian and ukrainian speaking girls are more materialistic and I feel like they would be the most likely to leave me for extracting resources from me if my Russian is too bad even if I look good after surgeries also they are speaking less than the others -Harder to learn than the languages with a Latin writting script and also harder to learn generally cause I don't speak another slavic language -I like the sound of russian but I like how Italian Turkish Arabic and Portuguese sound more

Persian:

Pros: -I love how the girls look -Love the tea

• I love the History of Iran and Pérsia
• I would probably be more exotic in Iran compared to other countries and the population is getting to 100 million in size very soon

-Like Turkey probably good basis for a marriage when it comes to the girls

Cons:

-No Latin script and probably harder to learn than turkish -less useful than the other languages probably -Hardest to date out of them all together with most Arabic countries

Egyptian or Lebanese Arabic

Pros:

-Absolutely the food in Lebanon and Syria Most Arab countries with the best looking girls are not safe at the moment (Palestine, Syria, Lebanon) -Good marriage basis depending on the country cause the culture is more conservative

Cons:

-Hard to date like in Iran but high return of investment -Arabic is very hard to learn compared to some other languages gere -Arabs are more likely to not want a foreigner for their daughter than let's say Italians or Brazillians

I plan to work remotely soon as well so I can visit whatever country I want and work from there since I'm working in a field that generally allows remote work

What would you guys choose in my situation?

I got big interest in all three, I am doing this to took advice from you, which one should I learn first? I think that it’s mandarin but I just wanted to get some opinions from someone who has learned these languages (or just one)

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Japanese - Currently I’m in Japanese class at my school but it’s going incredibly slow and it’s boring me and that’s why I wanted to learn a separate language in my free time. But I had a thought what if I learned Japanese on italki too. I like some Japanese media like YouTube, enka music and other things, but I’m not really big into anime, I can’t ever sit down and watch it. I get 100% on almost every test I take in Japanese class. It’s also very hard to live in Japan as an amarica as what I’ve seen online, the work life seems hard too. But I am studding it in class which could be a good reason to get the italki lessons with it. The script is alittle difficult with the 3 “alphabets”. Pronunciation is pretty straightforward tho. I’ve visited Japan and thought it was a lovely place, clean and convenient!

Korean - I recently just thought of Korean as I was watching squid games😅. The Hangul alphabet is easy and straightforward as I’ve seen. I like to watch some Korean shows in my free time. I think the script also looks cool and it would be nice to know what it all means, but I could say that with a lot of languages like Japanese or Thai😅. The grammar is similar to Japanese so the things I have learned would carry over. Korean is a cool language and I’m intrigued about the big difference it has from English. I like Korean food too. I don’t know when I would use Korean much right now at the moment other than immersion.

Italian - I’ve always thought of learning Italian because my great grandfather was Italian from sardegna italy, so on my mother’s side they still do lots of stuff together as a family. None of them speak Italian tho because the town they moved into frowned upon them speaking so they stoped. I don’t have much other reasons other then family stuff, I could visit Sardgena, my mother really wants to go. Moving to Italy also isn’t bad I think although I haven’t looked much into it.

Finnish - I’ve been interested in Nordic culture forever my favorite Nordic country is the Faroe Islands but there isn’t much resources for learning that language. So I thought of Finnish it’s a Nordic language that isn’t super easy like Swedish and Norwegian. I haven’t seen much of online thing a in Finnish but I assume there’s some things online to immerse in. Finland is expensive to live in but it’s also a great place to live i think.

Thai - I like the Thai language and think Bangkok would be a great city to go to, I’ve also seen people complain about living there tho on a day to day basis. The tones don’t bother me that much I can hear tones and like understand them to a certain degree. Well the script is hard it looks beautiful. I always switch on and off about learning this language but I really do like it.

Vietnamese - My plan was to learn Vietnamese alongside my Japanese classes. I really like Vietnamese food and music. I haven’t watched there tv shows yet. But the reason I couldn’t decide / changed my mind, is because a lot of people complain about the pollution there and I don’t know if I could keep healthy in pollution with my certain diseases. And i don’t know how useful it would be. I think the language is nice tho! Edit - I was also thinking of going into the peace corp when I’m older, they have a program in Vietnam and other places.

Other stuff - I’ve also thought leaving America to study abroad. If anyone has study abroad in any of these countries what did you think of it? I don’t know if I want to stay here in America because everything’s getting increasingly expensive and the government just keeps doing dumb things. It’s not a tearabel country tho, I probably might just stay here idk yet😅. I can’t decide what language to start learning in my time so I’m writing this. Also Japanese class gets a-little boring.

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