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French

19 (10.5%)

Spanish

14 (7.7%)

German

18 (9.9%)

Russian

8 (4.4%)

Mandarin

9 (5%)

Italian

5 (2.8%)

Greek

3 (1.7%)

Czech

4 (2.2%)

Hindi

3 (1.7%)

Arabic

5 (2.8%)

Farsi

3 (1.7%)

Portugese

3 (1.7%)

Japanese

10 (5.5%)

Vietnamese

3 (1.7%)

Korean

4 (2.2%)

Turkish

3 (1.7%)

Hebrew

4 (2.2%)

Polish

7 (3.9%)

Dutch

6 (3.3%)

Pashto

3 (1.7%)

Creole (Haitian)

3 (1.7%)

Swedish

9 (5%)

Bulgarian

3 (1.7%)

Mongolian

4 (2.2%)

Swahili

3 (1.7%)

Other

25 (13.8%)

Total Members Voted: 70

[Char13magne]

So, just wanted to know. I personally speak a little French. Much appreciated! (Oh, and sorry for the large number of choices, I didn't want to make anybody feel left out .)

[Vector]

Hello, there.  French, Japanese, a smattering of terrible Arabic.  I'm planning on studying Russian and German since I need them for my future career, and Polish for the hell of it.

Okay and I also want to learn Hindi and Chinese :I  But don't tell anyone.

[Jervous]

I speak mostly french and english...

[Dwarf]

Bragging time.

I'm 14 and speak German and English (with a few errors here and there) fluently, French much above average (though not perfectly), and am currently learning Swedish. After that, bokmċl (Norwegian). After that, Danish. After that, Nynorsk if I find any resource. (This will serve as gateway to the western Scandinavian languages) After that, Icelandic. After that, Faroese.

You see, I am planning on becoming a North Germanic language polyglot, because they are the most awesome languages of mankind, in sound and history.

[RedKing]

Depends on your definition of "speak". I'm moderately fluent in German and Mandarin, and used to be pretty good in Russian, Japanese and Spanish, but have gotten seriously rusty after 15+ years of disuse.

And I know a small smattering of Czech, mainly how to say good day (dobry den) and how to order a beer (adno pivo, prosim). And really, that's all you need to know when you're in Prague. Everything else is window dressing. 

I'd like to learn Arabic at some point, but I'm getting to the point where my brain is fairly ossified and learning new languages is increasingly painful. Especially ones with entirely new writing systems. I self-learned the Cyrillic alphabet when I was a kid, but I still struggle mightily with Hanzi even after two years of formal instruction.

[Vector]

I'd like to learn Arabic at some point, but I'm getting to the point where my brain is fairly ossified and learning new languages is increasingly painful. Especially ones with entirely new writing systems. I self-learned the Cyrillic alphabet when I was a kid, but I still struggle mightily with Hanzi even after two years of formal instruction.

The writing system isn't too bad, actually... what you need to watch out for is the grammar/case system, which wants to kill you and take your lunch money.  Pronunciation is difficult, but manageable with a lot of time spent walking around making funny noises.

All-in-all, not too bad--especially if you managed to tackle Russian, which I hear has roughly the same difficulty.

[Char13magne]

Depends on your definition of "speak". I'm moderately fluent in German and Mandarin, and used to be pretty good in Russian, Japanese and Spanish, but have gotten seriously rusty after 15+ years of disuse.

And I know a small smattering of Czech, mainly how to say good day (dobry den) and how to order a beer (adno pivo, prosim). And really, that's all you need to know when you're in Prague. Everything else is window dressing. 

I'd like to learn Arabic at some point, but I'm getting to the point where my brain is fairly ossified and learning new languages is increasingly painful. Especially ones with entirely new writing systems. I self-learned the Cyrillic alphabet when I was a kid, but I still struggle mightily with Hanzi even after two years of formal instruction.

I've been to Prague, all I know is "thank you" (probably spelled incorrectly) Dyaquei, or Děkuji, or something.

[Bardum Idith]

German, bad Latin and around 20 words of Japanese, but I think that last doesn't count.

And a bit of elvish (Sindarin). That needs to be on the list, seriously 

[Char13magne]

German, bad Latin and around 20 words of Japanese, but I think that last doesn't count.

And a bit of elvish (Sindarin). That needs to be on the list, seriously 

Eh, its closest one of the Yugoslavian dialects (or maybe Czech/Polish, those two languages are abolutely magnificient ).

[Nilocy]

I speak Scots Gaelic, that isn't on the list.

[warhammer651]

does 1337 5p34k count as a language?

[RedKing]

I'd like to learn Arabic at some point, but I'm getting to the point where my brain is fairly ossified and learning new languages is increasingly painful. Especially ones with entirely new writing systems. I self-learned the Cyrillic alphabet when I was a kid, but I still struggle mightily with Hanzi even after two years of formal instruction.

The writing system isn't too bad, actually... what you need to watch out for is the grammar/case system, which wants to kill you and take your lunch money.  Pronunciation is difficult, but manageable with a lot of time spent walking around making funny noises.

All-in-all, not too bad--especially if you managed to tackle Russian, which I hear has roughly the same difficulty.

LOL. Yeah, Russian has a lot of endings depending on declension, case, gender, etc. I understand it's almost as complicated as Latin (I think Latin has 6 cases, Russian has 5 IIRC?). Pronunciation shouldn't be a problem after managing Russian consonants and Chinese vowels. And tones. Oh God, tones. 

The sad part about tones is that they're essentially useless and most Chinese more or less ignore them anyways, but they're absolutely critical if you're only saying one or two words. Long sentences they can figure out by context. But a single word can mean dozens of different things, even in context and the only clue to help a listener is its tone. Thus, if you botch the tones and use short sentences, much hilarity ensues.

[Char13magne]

does 1337 5p34k count as a language?

Only if you're fluent .

[Soadreqm]

Finnish as a first language.

[Dwarf]

Finland. Icy seas of forests, Korpiklaani and awesome.