how many languages do you know?
By jijomathew
@jijomathew (519)
India
July 11, 2008 10:36am CST
well if you ask me i know three languages that is
hindi
english
malayalam
i feel good that i can speak well in all the three languages.you might know when this will come handy.you might be thinking how i was able to speak and write in these three languages. well i was born in india in a state called delhi,and hindi is spoken in majority in this state and for many years i spoke hindi.in my school it is compulsory to speak english,and about malayalam ,well my mother tongue is malayalam so me and my family speak in malayalam.well that was my story.
what about you how many languages do you know?
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43 responses
@Xdrowninghavocx (3117)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Right now all I know is English, sadly. I am teaching myself how to speak Japanese, French, Russian, and Sign language. These are the big ones that I want to accomplish within the next couple of years. I would really like to learn all languages if that's possible.
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@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Hey ,
Engish is my main one .
Then I speak Spanish , but not so well . Still learing day by day more and more . I just caught on with a few of my friends who spoke it , and started to study a few years back .
@snowy22315 (182200)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I can sort of read french and spanish but I really can only speak English (some would debate that) and alittle Spanish.
I would like to improve my spanish so I could be conversant in it, but I never seem to have time to study. It is a big language here in the US.
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@mandykaren (2040)
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11 Jul 08
That is really interesting :) i love different languages, and really wish i could speak other ones.. i am at the moment learning Turkish, but its difficult.. but still, i keep trying and gradually learning more and more.. Id love to know Arabic hehe.. Seems really cool..
I used to wonder how can suddenly switch between languages so easily.. But i do, do it a little in msn, between Turkish and English :D:D as say though i only know basic Turkish.. its enough to make a little conversation lol
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@adutza (39)
• Romania
11 Jul 08
I'm proud to say i know four languages Romanian, English, Espagnol and French. I thing a people is not a real people if he doesn't know many foreign languages, because they are the key of multicultural education, a way to understant and accept other cultures.
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
11 Jul 08
I peak luet Eglish, and can speak a little bit o French and some Danish.
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@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
I am from the Philippines. 
I speak Visayan, Tagalog, English, and Spanish. It was easier to learn Spanish because of the huge influence of the Spaniards during their occupation in the Philippines.
I speak Visayan, Tagalog, English, and Spanish. It was easier to learn Spanish because of the huge influence of the Spaniards during their occupation in the Philippines. 
@alohaha (71)
• China
12 Jul 08
well,I know two languages well,Chinese and English.Chinese is my mother tongue,it is of course easy for me.English is my second language.But i like to know more languages in the world.I also learned Japanese and Korea, but I don't use them ofter,so I always forget the word i want to say.
@92iqbal (121)
• India
11 Jul 08
I also know three languages namely urdu, english, and hindi.i think i should also know two indian languages more and one foreign language.for an indian it is good to learn one or two southern languages.we indian should help one another so that we could learn more languages.i can teach urdu if anybody wishes.i would like someoe to teach me malayalam or punjabi.can you help me?we should also help foreigners to learn indian languages.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
12 Jul 08
i can speak and write in 3 different languages... they are Indonesian as my mother tongue and english and mandarin as my second languages... i learn english and mandarin in school when i am studying in singapore... take care and have a nice day...
@jhartana (1084)
• Australia
12 Jul 08
English is my second language and I can speak English really well although not really fluent. I come from Indonesia and speak Indonesian as my first language. Well that's the only two major language I know. I am also a Chinese descendant and only speak few words or it although I want to learn Chinese mandarin because it would become 2nd universal language after English in near future.
@saivenkaat802003 (4823)
• India
12 Jul 08
Hi Mathews.. I don't know malayalam, but can understand when spoken. Similarly Telegu also, i can understand when some one speaks.. Other than these two languages.. i know, Tamil, Hindi, and English.. very well.
@retribution (23)
• Romania
12 Jul 08
I speak Romanian ( it is after all my native tongue) , I speak english VERY GOOD
because I've been studying it intensely since I was 5 years old, I speak french
because I learned it at school ( since the 3rd grade so that's 7 years of frech) and
I understand some spanish and italian but I will continue to improve my language
skills because I am only 16 years old :)
@godkid308 (105)
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12 Jul 08
I know english and chinese(cantonese). And i have french and spanish classes in school.
