Which languages have been named critical by the Department of Defense?

Question

I keep seeing the same thing over and over again: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Farsi, Pashtun, Russian...and other languages.

What are these languages?

And where did you find out what they are?

Answer 1

Okay, if I'm reading your question correctly then you're asking why are they critical, the answer to that is that we need people in the military that can read, write, and understand these languages because we have conflict in these areas.  Also, because the best information has always and will always be actual persons on the ground in the areas of conflict.  A requirement for Special Forces now is that you must be fluent in a critical language, these include most South Asia languages, and Arabic languages and if selected for missions in such South American countries as Bolivia, or Colombia then Spanish with the dialect that is specific to that region.  You can usually learn what languages are critical by contacting any recruitment office, and finding out what these languages actually are by researching on the web.  Hope I helped you to understand, if not the provide more info in your question.

Answer 2

Arabic is spoken all over the Arab world as in Islam there is a commandment to read the Koran in it's original form

There are over 100 separate Chinese languages and over 5000 dialects.  The most common are Mandarin, Cantonese and Wo

Hindi is one of India's most common languages

Farsi is spoken in Persia or Iran

Pashtun is one of Afganistans languages

Russian is spoken in most of the former Soviet Block.

Answer 3

You look them up on wikipedia ...its really not that difficult

Answer 4

No more "farsi" pleassse, it's simply "Persian"

Answer 5

De Fence is a myth! Urban Legend! Oxymoron!

All languages are...are...are muy mundo!!!

Answer 6

Arabic and tagolog{Fillipino} are the 2 most difficult languages according to the D.O.D.

Answer 7

I'm not sure what the other languages are, but if I had to guess, I would say that it would be related dialects. I'm sure that knowing Cantonese would help you even if you didn't know Mandarin, for example, or knowing one of the Indian dialects would help even if you didn't know Hindi itself.

I know that for the Department of State, the Six Super Critical Needs languages are Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, and Urdu, and other critical needs languages are Azerbaijani, Bengali, Chinese (Cantonese), Korean, Kyrgyz, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Kurdish, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek. I'd imagine that it would be similar for the Department of Defense.