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I thought I'd do a quick poll of what languages everyone speaks here (and do a bit of user research, too). Don't include English if it's your native language.
I'll go first:
๐น๐ญ "Taxi Thai" (enough to direct a motorcycle taxi, and order food)
๐ฉ๐ช German (< 5%... ๐ but enough words to pick up some phrases)
๐ซ๐ฎ although Finns donโt always understand me ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
๐ซ๐ท wannabe
๐บ๐ธ ๐
๐ช๐ธ "Donde esta...?" (fill the gap with bus, bathroom, etc. ๐)
๐ซ๐ท "Je voudrais un croissant, s'il vous plait" ๐ฅ๐
Spanish native ๐ช๐ฆ Fluent English ๐บ๐ธ
๐ฟ๐ฆ Afrikaans and learnt a bit of isiXhosa but don't really speak it but would like to explore in learning to speak more
Sign language basics, mainly US Alphabet and maybe some words
I spoke Solomon Islands Pijin fluently until I was about 10 when we left the country. Can't remember much of that any more. Though I do occasionally still bust out a phrase and my kids look at me weirdly. :)
Spoke Dutch fluently when I lived there until I was 18. Not really fluent any more unfortunately, maybe 80%.
๐จ๐ฆ French (my first language, though English came shortly after)
๐ฒ๐ฝ Spanish (learning, poco a poco)
English (duh right? ๐คฃ)
French (Just enough to get around)
German (Just enough to get around)
Tonga (Family mainly)
Shona (Family mainly)
Does Japanese from 10 years of watching Anime count?? ๐ค๐ค
Bit of Deutsche. Bit of Nihon.
Italian: native
English: fluent
Spanish: fluent
French: just for survival!
English
Mandarin - more accurately, "chinglish" lol
Russian (my native language), French fluent, English fluent and learnt German at the university... But canโt really talk it anymore ๐
I speak Arabic at a conversation level as I learned from my parents, but cannot write. I speak French as well, I can read, write and speak decently well. I also speak very basic Spanish, very basic hahahaa.
๐ซ๐ท
German and Afrikaans
Bulgarian ๐ง๐ฌ
English ๐ฌ๐ง
Un poco Spanish ๐ช๐ธ
Cat & Dog's ๐โโฌ ๐ฆฎ
Love cats and dogs!!!! On my to-do list...
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
Vietnamese (elementary: enough to get around and have a short chat)
Learnt French for a couple of years at school but have almost forgotten it by now ๐
French as mother tongue, then I also speak English, Spanish, Dutch, hints of Italian, Portuguese and mandarin ๐
Vietnamese (native)
English (fluent)
Chinese (beginner)
๐ช๐ธ fluently and ๐ฉ๐ช intermediate and a smattering of ๐ซ๐ท
I speak 6 languages, 4 fluently.
Basic Spanish and Irish
Native English
Fluent German, French and Dutch
Thai (poorly) I have lived in Thailand for several months a year for about 7 years
Armenian (not that well) outside of the US and Thailand, I have spent the most amount of time in Armenia over the years (about a year and a half)
Decent Spanish, little Portuguese :)
German (native)
French and English (fluent)
Spanish ( not too bad)
Russian ( enough to survive if lost in Sibiria)
Dutch ( I understand a bit, but my answer will be a Germenglish)
Burmese ( enough to order my rice and say that I don't speak it well)
I seem to go down the rabbit hole of language learning because of traveling and have a collection of languages now....here it is:
French: I lived numerous times in France and Tahiti, one year in college I played on a female soccer team in France, later I worked in Paris a couple of times, and now spend part of the year in Tahiti (French speaking). I work in French a lot now as well.
Italian: I lived in Florence for 2 years, went to photography school there, I had 5 Italian roommates, me and my dog. I do have some Italian clients - that helps maintain it.
Greek: I used to work as a cook on a sailboat in Greece for many summers while touring the islands, so I learned Greek - I passed the second level proficiency exam offered by the government which would allow me to become a citizen.
Spanish: I did a 6-month language intensive in Madrid for Spanish - I speak fairly well.
Tagalog: I used to work in the Philippines and started learning Tagalog while there, but I have not kept that up, only remember a few phrases and greetings.
Tahitian: I spend a lot of time now in Tahiti, so I am learning Tahitian.
Wolof: I fell in love with Senegal, and I am learning Wolof.
If I have a few more lifetimes, I will learn Farsi, Arabic, and Turkish.
๐ฎ๐ณ Marathi (mother tongue)
๐ฎ๐ณ Hindi (national language of India)
๐ฎ๐ณ Gujarati (adjacent state language)
๐ฎ๐ณ Taxi Kannada
๐ง๐ท Brazilian Portuguese (5 months in Brasil)
๐จ๐ด Latin American Spanish (5 months in Ecuador & Colombia)
๐ฉ๐ช German (A1 level from Goethe Institute)
๐ซ๐ท French (A1 level from Alliance Francaise)
๐ฎ๐น Greetings in Italian
๐น๐ญ Taxi & courtesy Thai
๐ฏ๐ต Basic greetings in Japanese
English (British - Mother tongue)
English (American - now more than 50% of my life in daily contact with Americans and I live there most of the time).
English (Irish varieties - north and south) I can order alcohol
Francais - Enough to get me into REAL trouble
Nederlands - swear and asking for a toilet, food, drink and JUST enough to be polite.
Also.... Pig Latin, Esperanto (if I have had enough to drink and its Karaoke night). I can write my name in Greek. In fact my skills at ordering drinks in several other languages is pretty awesome.
Anything else will insult someone.
Finnish. And What's your superpower ๐ ?
German fluent.
English fluent.
Montenegrin-Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian, enough to handle workshops.
Swedish, when I need it.
Spanish, better when there.
French, when I have to.
Portuguese, when in Brazil.
Dogspeak, daily.
Portuguese (native)
English
German
Spanish
Italian as native,
English ,
French,
Spanish,
a little bit of Portuguese,
German enough to be polite to ask for a beer
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Spanish
Languages I speak
Japanese - all day everyday
English - native
Languages I used to speak
Czech - used in be able to interpret between Czech and Japanese at business meetings
Swedish - had a Swedish boyfriend ๐
Languages I have studied
French - Iโm Canadian
Spanish - just enough to get confused with French
Russian - just for one month before going there, but can still read the alphabet
Thai - loved it!
Italian - currently studying
- Chinese (Cantonese Hong Kong) - pretty fluent but not native.
- Spanish - I feel like if you grew up in Los Angeles you'd know a little Spanish hahaha. Definitely a beginner.
- Starting Japanese.
Luganda-Uganda
Kinyarwanda-Rwanda
Swahili....East Africa
Dutch-For Survival as well
French-Learning
Plus many other local languages spoken in Uganda
I can do the travel thing easily in English/Spanish/Japanese/Chinese/Indonesian-speaking places, plus menus in Arabic, Russian, and Korean.
French for me!
English (native)
German (fluent)
Czech ( I can roughly understand basic conversation, as long as its spoken reeeeeeally slowly)
Polish ( I can roughly understand basic conversation, but have been known to mix both Czech and Polish in my sentences, with utter confidence nonetheless!
French / English
Swahili - Native
Spanish - Almost fluent :)
Learning German and Russian
Hope to learn many more.