5 best languages to learn?

Question

Hey all, my name is Ryan. I am planning on traveling around the world after my senior year, and I would like people to give me a list of the 5 best languages I should learn the basics of. I know it depends on where were are traveling, but basically, jungle areas around the world, mountainous, you name it, it will vary a lot. Please give 5 that would be the most used/popular/spread over the world. I already have Mandarin and Spanish on my list.

Thank you so much for reading and answering,

Sincerely,

Ryan

Answer 1

mandarin, spanish, french, russian, and some version of swahili or something would probably be the most helpful languages.

Answer 2

umm...spanish is definitely a good one to have on the list. I might say even to learn french. I don't know what else. Like you said it depends where you go.

Answer 3

japanese its really difficult to learn but still pretty cool oh and the portugese also

Answer 4

i think you should learn italian, french, russian, greek, and spanish

Answer 5

First of all, it is probably the most important to know english, a lot of other countries know the basics of english due to the fact that we like to travel and are usually too ignorant to learn the languages, so they have adapted and learned some of ours (so props to you for wanting to learn!) Spanish is definitely important, there are a lot of spanish speaking areas, and even some that are not spanish speaking will understand the basic meaning you are trying to get across. You need to figure out exactly where you want to go and learn the native language. Mandarin Chinese is a widely understood language. Also, knowing a little Latin could be helpful because it is the base of most languages, if you know latin, you should be good to go. French is understood by many people living in Europe. Arabic is also one that is widely spoken.

Answer 6

French, German, Hindu .        (I personally favor Australian Aborigine, Eskimos and speaking Blonde)

Answer 7

English

Spanish

Italian

French

Chinese (Mandarin)

Answer 8

chinseas french german ducth japanease

Answer 9

Three that people SHOULD know : French, English and the language where you come from. (I'm Armenian, so I know how to speak it. It's just to take pride in who I am.)

Others you might want to know : Italian, German, Polish.

You already know Mandarin and Spanish, so that's good.

Can't think of anymore right now.

Answer 10

African, Arabic, Spanish, japenese and chinese

Answer 11

spainsh

chinese

french

whateever they speak in india

portugese

these are the languages of the soon too be first world

Answer 12

Mandarin, Cantonese,  English, Spanish,

These are in demand now.. and will be . .

Russian

http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/...

USATODAY.com - Arabic language is in demand

Arabic language is in demand. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special for USA TODAY ... offering any Arabic courses, some fear that higher-learning institutions on the ...

www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-0... - 55k

Answer 13

English Spanish French Polish(if u learn polish u could easily learn russian!!) Chinese

Answer 14

french spanish japanese chinese and korean

Answer 15

The best five languages to know are English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), German and Russian or French.

Also practice different accents of English like the Australian.

Answer 16

german, italian, austrailian, african would be cool

Answer 17

Spanish will cover most of South America, it is fairly easy to get around Europe on English, I've heard the same for the major cities in India, The main colonizers of Africa were England and France, so those languages are still widely spoken there. I have never really traveled Asia.

Answer 18

Mandarin, Spanish are very good. But you should also try Portuguese, because I think people in the Amazon rain forest speak that.

Japanese if you're gonna visit Mt. Fuji, but it won't help much elsewhere besides Japan, sorry.

If you're going to learn Mandarin, I think you should also learn Cantonese, the southern dialect, just in case.

French if you're going to visit France or Africa.

Answer 19

french, spanish, japanese, english lol, ....um idk those are the main ones you will hear.

Answer 20

Well if you mean you are planning to learn Mandarin & Spanish I would sugest:

Mandarin, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic

They are all in the top 10 most widley spoken languages in the world.

If you already know Mandarin & Spanish I suggest :

French, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi

As they are all also in the top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world :) Have fun travelling!

Answer 21

Probably French/Italian/Spanish, since they all seem to share words. And yes, Mandarin is good. A language like Polish might help, too...and then perhaps some more Asian or African languages.

Answer 22

Hey Ryan. You gotta learn French. I know, I know.  But forget about how they act.  That is such a romantic language.  Italian is nice, too.  Try one of the cooler climate countries: Norway, Denmark, Finland.  Have fun.  Get your shots and keep an eye on your passport!

Answer 23

Filipino!

Answer 24

the top five are

spanish

french

chinnense

portgagueese

italian

Answer 25

French

German

Russian

Japanese

Italian

GOOD LUCK

Answer 26

Russian, Italian, Spanish..

Answer 27

spanish

french

mandarin

laotion

arabian

Answer 28

hey Ryan ... i think you should learn English, French, Arabic,

Spanish and Mandarin

wish you the best luck ;)

Answer 29

spanish

italian

chinese

french

german

Answer 30

French

Italian

Dutch

German

Greek

Chineese

Answer 31

i would say the 5 most common languages, spanish for one is a growing language, chinese (mandarin) is a good language to learn as there are alot of chinese. Also french is a good language as its quite easy and alot of people speak it. Also i would say german , as its a good language.