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What are some good languages to learn for the future?
Russian and Japanese I think might not be important.
Arabic and Mandarin might be important.
What are your thoughts on languages in the future?
i alreery no enrgrish dumass!
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Arabic is very important, it is spoken in over 20 different countries in North Africa and The Middle East. Because of the importance of the region and fast growing economies Arabic is a good language to learn. However, I must warn you it's a very hard language, all though its spoken in over 20 countries, each country has its own dialect and they are not always understandable. In a class you will most likely learn Modern Standard Arabic, which is the written language, but no one speaks it. To speak to Arabs you will have to learn a dialect like Egyptian, Gulf, Syrian, Moroccan etc. I chose Egyptian because most Arab media is in Egyptian.
Hindi/Urdu is often overlooked as an important language, but its my favorite language in the world and I have found it to be VERY useful. Hindi is spoken in Northern India and in Pakistan where it is known as Urdu. They are classified as different languages for political reasons and Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script while Hindi is written in Devanagari. They are very similar and if you can speak one you can speak the other, the differences are mainly in upper vocabulary, but conversationally they are very pretty much the same. India has a booming economy and is becoming a developed country. There is so much easily accessible media in Hindi, there are tons of movies, tons of Indian shops where you can buy books and newspapers in Hindi/Urdu, and tons of people to practice with. I highly suggest learning Hindi.
Turkish is also another overlooked language, but I think it could also be an important language to learn for the future. Turkey's economy is also growing quickly, they are a key ally in the Middle East and is a beautiful country to visit. Also many Turks do not know English and there are also many Turks living in the United States and Germany. Also learning Turkish will help you understand Azeri, Uzbek, Kazakh and other Turkic languages. Turkish is also written in the roman script and has pretty logical grammar.
Persian is another important language of the future. It is spoken in Iran where it's called Farsi, in Afghanistan where its called Dari and in Tajikistan where its called Tajiki. Its a pretty simple language to learn also. Knowing Persian can get you a great translating job, and although you might not be able to go to Iran and there are many iranians and afghans living in the United States so you will get opportunities to practice it.
Also Mandarin, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish and Portuguese are also very important languages to learn. I cant really write a lot about them because I havent studied them in depth to write more about them but they are good languages to learn also.
Arabic is very important, it is spoken in over 20 different countries in North Africa and The Middle East. Because of the importance of the region and fast growing economies Arabic is a good language to learn. However, I must warn you it's a very hard language, all though its spoken in over 20 countries, each country has its own dialect and they are not always understandable. In a class you will most likely learn Modern Standard Arabic, which is the written language, but no one speaks it. To speak to Arabs you will have to learn a dialect like Egyptian, Gulf, Syrian, Moroccan etc. I chose Egyptian because most Arab media is in Egyptian.
Hindi/Urdu is often overlooked as an important language, but its my favorite language in the world and I have found it to be VERY useful. Hindi is spoken in Northern India and in Pakistan where it is known as Urdu. They are classified as different languages for political reasons and Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script while Hindi is written in Devanagari. They are very similar and if you can speak one you can speak the other, the differences are mainly in upper vocabulary, but conversationally they are very pretty much the same. India has a booming economy and is becoming a developed country. There is so much easily accessible media in Hindi, there are tons of movies, tons of Indian shops where you can buy books and newspapers in Hindi/Urdu, and tons of people to practice with. I highly suggest learning Hindi.
Turkish is also another overlooked language, but I think it could also be an important language to learn for the future. Turkey's economy is also growing quickly, they are a key ally in the Middle East and is a beautiful country to visit. Also many Turks do not know English and there are also many Turks living in the United States and Germany. Also learning Turkish will help you understand Azeri, Uzbek, Kazakh and other Turkic languages. Turkish is also written in the roman script and has pretty logical grammar.
Persian is another important language of the future. It is spoken in Iran where it's called Farsi, in Afghanistan where its called Dari and in Tajikistan where its called Tajiki. Its a pretty simple language to learn also. Knowing Persian can get you a great translating job, and although you might not be able to go to Iran and there are many iranians and afghans living in the United States so you will get opportunities to practice it.
Also Mandarin, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish and Portuguese are also very important languages to learn. I cant really write a lot about them because I havent studied them in depth to write more about them but they are good languages to learn also.
What alphabet do these languages belong to?
Kate
I know there are 2 main phonetic alphabets: Roman [used in languages like English and Italian] and Cyrillic[used in Russian and Bulgarian, etc]. What about Portuguese, and French? I know they have characters like the Roman Alphabet, but they have different letters, like the "ç". Is it still considered the roman alphabet?
Answer
Yes, it's still considered part of the Roman script but with some adaptations. This, in fact, is the term used in the fantastic book "The World's Writing Systems" (eds.) Peter T. Daniels and William Bright. Many European languages use adaptations of the Roman script: Polish, Czech, Croatian. And many Central Asian languages use adaptions of the Cyrillic alphabet: Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc. Hebrew has adaptations for Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), so too does Arabic for languages such as Persian, Urdu, Kashmiri, Kurdish.
Yes, it's still considered part of the Roman script but with some adaptations. This, in fact, is the term used in the fantastic book "The World's Writing Systems" (eds.) Peter T. Daniels and William Bright. Many European languages use adaptations of the Roman script: Polish, Czech, Croatian. And many Central Asian languages use adaptions of the Cyrillic alphabet: Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc. Hebrew has adaptations for Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), so too does Arabic for languages such as Persian, Urdu, Kashmiri, Kurdish.
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