How many languages do you speak? [POLL]

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How many languages can you speak at a conversational level or better?

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Leave a comment below with a list of the languages. :slight_smile:

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Interview with a polyglot who speaks 20 languages
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Spanish, American Sign Language.

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I speak both English & Turkish languages fluently.

If I just had a little more time in my hand, I would also love to learn at least a few hundred words of each of these languages. Spanish, French, German, Italian,Thai, and Chinese.

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English - native
Russian - not bad, but not good either

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2 (English and Spanish) languages, 3 if you count Spanglish :grin:

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Japanese and Chinese

In the future, I hope to learn English, Esperanto, Korean, and Spanish. Latin if possible

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Dutch, English, German, French, Japanese (though I cant read or write Kanji) and Afrikaans.

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Vietnamese and English with a little Japanese, French, Spainish and Korean

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Swedish (native) + Finnish and English fluently, reading German and understand Vietnamese like spoken to a toddler (e.g. sit down, eat your food, be quiet, go to sleep etc.). No one understands though when I try to speak Vietnamese :grinning:

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Iā€™d say it depends a bit in the context whether youā€™re conversational or not. Would that term also apply to dead languages or a conlang? Any chance you could let us know on this A1 - C2 scale what youā€™d consider conversational?

My guess is that youā€™re referring to A2 or B1 and better. In general, you are expected to have a level of command of the French language corresponding to B1/B2 if you plan to enroll in a masterā€™s or PhD program in France: https://www.studyineurope.eu/study-in-france/admission-requirements

English, plus others on the Germanic and Italic branches to varying degrees.

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Conversational: English, Marathi, Hindi, Urdu
Learning: Japanese, Bengali,

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German (mother tongue), English, Russian, and Spanish

I am learning french and latin

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Yes, somewhere around those levels.

Conlangs and dead languages are included if you can find speakers. (Esperanto, Toki Pona, spoken Latin, etc.)

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On forums where most ā€œconversationsā€ are about whether kili jelo is a banana or a lemon. :wink:

Hereā€™s a nice pdf overview of the various levels:

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My native language is English and Iā€™m mostly fluent in Esperanto. Iā€™m currently learning Spanish to test out whether or not I can expedite the listening comprehension portion of language learning, as Iā€™ve always struggled the most with that aspect. So far Iā€™ve been having some good results.

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English, German As a threshold, I consider under 2,000 words of a language, non-conversational. So Iā€™ve lost my Spanish.

On the bigger picture, I no longer have any interest in learning new languages. As a world traveler, visiting over 55 countries most off the beaten track, Iā€™ve found that much communication is done with expression, enthusiasm, and gesticulation. And that sometimes speaking the language is a liability. No knowing a language is not the handicap it once was.

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I can speak English and Malay at native level fluency and Russian at a intermediate-advanced level. I can understand some spoken Mandarin and read Arabic without understanding a word of it XD

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HI there, if you want some help in learning Vietnamese, let me be your guider if you are willing to :innocent:. BTW, can you give me your social accounts info so that we can together help u speak Vietnamese more fluently, ok? (Since Vietnamese is my mothertongue =) ), thanks.
Lucas

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Thanks a lot for the offer! Being married to a Vietnamese it is however easier for me to talk with her, even if sheā€™s one of the ones laughing most :grin:

Cįŗ£m Ę”n nhiį»u lam!

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English,hindi,urdu,arabic, Persian

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