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Which Language to Learn?

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Hi there! 
A lot of people are eager to learn new languages, but many get stuck on the question: "Which language should I learn?". The decision is personal and depends on the learner, as we are looking for different purposes. If you don't have a strong interest in any country or language in particular, I will try my utmost to make a cool recommendation list 😉

(Later I will tell what guided me in choosing languages to study)

If you want to travel

It's easy to guess that you should learn a language with highest speakers for 100% pleasure:

1. Mandarin (935 millions) 

2. Spanish (390 millions) 

3. English (365 millions) 

4. Hindi (295 millions) 

5. Arabic (280 millions) 

6. Portuguese (205 millions)

If you want to make a career 

Choose something that is spoken in well-developed countries. It can be Chinese, German, English, Japanese, Spanish, etc. The flexibility of language skills will definitely help you find a job in global companies. 

If you`re into engines, cars or mechanical engineering 

I think you should learn German. It's a country which makes Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen after all.

If you want to learn something easy 

I would suggest French, Spanish or Italian. For Ukrainians - Polish 

If you want to raise the challenge bar higher but only a little bit 

German, Indonesian can be quite good choice.

If you wnat an actual challenge but still want a Latin alphabet 

Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Polish would work well for English-speaking people.

If you want something that doesn't use Latin alphabet, but something that is still somewhat familiar

Ukrainian is my suggestion (or any Cyrillic language)

If you want a real challenge 

Try Korean, Thai, Mongolian, Hindi, Hebrew or even Armenian.

If you want an insanely difficult challenge 💀

Choose Arabic, Chinese or Japanese. Moreover, employers will be thrilled to bits to hire a specialist with such valuable knowledge.

If you want to be able to speak to as many people as possible

Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic are great options, as they have a sizable speaking population.

If you want to be unique and study a language that no one else really studies 

Georgian, Vietnamese, Lithuanian, Thai - that's what you're looking for. 

If you want to travel here in Ukraine 

Learn Ukrainian (not russian, seriously😒). It ranks 44th in the world in terms of the number of native speakers. In addition, it is just an extremely beautiful, melodious and rich language. And I will tell you a secret, it will soon become one of the most widely spoken in the world, don't even doubt it 😏

There must be some other great languages for other great choices which I do not know. You can google for specific languages. Also, if you're someone in the 21st century, learn JavaScript or Python. I know there are millions of people who are fluent or those who feel in their bones that they want to be fluent in it.

"You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once" - Chinese proverb

Have a nice day 💗

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  1. Nightingale’s Lessons9/19/2022

    I like your point that programming languages are languages as well. It is so true! It's even in the name, yet for some people it come as a surprise :)

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