Mandarin or Cantonese? I'd recommend Mandarin, because it's the most commonly spoken language in the world, and most Chinese restaurant owners speak it, so it's usually the one you want to know when you order Chinese food.
But, there is no such language as "Chinese".
I think Italian would be fun to speak. It has such a great rhythm to it, and since I already know some Spanish, I'm sure I could learn Italian pretty quickly...
I'd probably want to talk Japanese or Spanish, they're both pretty commonly spoken. I'd like to know Korean as well though, but it's not available where I am anyways.
I'd recommend Mandarin, because it's the most commonly spoken language in the world, and most Chinese restaurant owners speak it, so it's usually the one you want to know when you order Chinese food.
Seeing as a fifth of the world lives in China, that's not surprising.
I want to learn German and Russian, then Mandarin and Spanish, in that order. Hopefully I can. Seeing as by learning those four languages, and can at least understand pretty much half the planet, and would make me be more than capable of completely confusing anyone, I would like to learn them.
Well, with just English(not only the language of the international airways, but spoken in many if not most countries), Mandarin(most spoken) , and Spanish(second most), you could go pretty much anywhere.
Russian might help with the Middle East, as many of those countries were part of the USSR, or had some kind of arms deal with Russia, but I would be careful speaking it there, as there is quite a bit of animosity toward them.
I agree that Portuguese is interesting, because I have a Brazilian exchange student in two of my classes, and he talks in Portuguese to impress some of the girls who are caught up on him.
really i think just knowing the one that you grow up with is hard enough lol no but i know allot of little things in other languages and i would really love to know more french and or dutch
