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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by BuddhaPalm(m): 7:17pm On Jan 06, 2017
After English, the second most useful language is still English...
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by mytym(m): 7:33pm On Jan 06, 2017
Since you said G L O B A L L Y,

Chinese | Arabic
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by mytym(m): 7:38pm On Jan 06, 2017
RoyalBlak007:
Spanish

Latin

French






Are you asking about which of these three is useful Globally?

French

Or

Which language after English is useful globally?

Chinese | Arabic
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by leticia28: 8:01pm On Jan 06, 2017
@ Kirinwa I feel u. Spanish language rocks.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by innobets(m): 8:24pm On Jan 06, 2017
Kirinwa:


Latin is a dead language. Apart from Catholic priests that learn it for religious purposes.Nobody uses it.

As for spanish I am looking for where to learn it in Nigeria as I dont have enough money to process my Spanish travel.



use language app. u go dey learn am small small
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by hadura29(m): 8:57pm On Jan 06, 2017
Emperormartin:

Danke Herr, ich bin neu in Deutch sprache

You try.. sprachen or spreche. One of the two..

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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by hadura29(m): 8:58pm On Jan 06, 2017
lakesidepapa:


Ja! Danke schon

Bitte!!
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by engrshakespeare: 10:56pm On Jan 06, 2017
cherechi01:
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你怎么不会汉字
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by engrshakespeare: 10:58pm On Jan 06, 2017
rhames:
The nine (9) universal languages or the standard languages. They are:

English Language ( Not Pidgin or Broken)

French

German

Russian

Italian

Japanese

Spanish

Arabic

Portuguese

And in Africa, Swahili is the Language of 12 countries in East, Central and Southern Africa.

You can also consider Mandarin as your tenth.

Good luck

You put Chinese last, obviously your ranking is unrealistic.

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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by engrshakespeare: 11:04pm On Jan 06, 2017
Chinese is spoken by half the world's population, if you are not speaking it, don't know what you are speaking. I he been light on Chinese for years, join me.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by defemidefemi(m): 11:39pm On Jan 06, 2017
u ar right
Funjosh:






Chinese Language is going Globally now.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by MacAlexie(m): 12:16am On Jan 07, 2017
Candycrusher:
Latin and greek
do u knw greek?
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Nobody: 3:12am On Jan 07, 2017
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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Nobody: 6:14am On Jan 07, 2017
Mandarin is the largest spoken language, followed by Spanish and French respectively...you may find Deusch and Arabic useful too...but as for me I'm thinking 100yrs ahead when Yoruba would have taken over the whole world.....
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by yom2(m): 7:07am On Jan 07, 2017
is there big difference berween latin, spanish, italian and portugeese? I thought they all borow from each other
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 12:32pm On Jan 07, 2017
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Thanks for recommending this app. I started learning french on this app, yesterday. The made it simple.

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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by iamteegee(m): 4:27pm On Jan 07, 2017
RoyalBlak007:
Spanish

Latin

French





Mandarine is going globally
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by rhames(m): 6:29pm On Jan 07, 2017
engrshakespeare:


You put Chinese last, obviously your ranking is unrealistic.

I did not rank these languages sire. Its my opinion. Apart from Swahili, every continent speaks at least two of these languages listed above. We speak three in Africa starting with the dominant ( French, English and Portuguese), North America Speaks two ( English and Spanish) South America Speaks two Portuguese and Spanish Asia Speaks four Europe Speaks French English Italian and German. Middle East Speaks Arabic, English and French, Asia Speaks Japanese,English, Portuguese and French and Australasia speaks English and FRench.

They are referred to as the worlds' Language of colonisation. As for Chinese, They were colonised by the Japanese up till the end of the 2nd world war in 1945. The Chinese Government decided to use it as a a business language through its economic relationship with other world powers in early 2000's.

Thats the reason for my non ranking it as a universal language because beyond China you cant hear it used anywhere.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by rhames(m): 6:37pm On Jan 07, 2017
anyone speaks Japanese on this forum?
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Ugosample(m): 9:01pm On Jan 07, 2017
richommie:
French. . . Am fluent wen speaking it.
Spanish-dunno anything about this.

Mandarin-i can't wait to learn this language grin ..my dream language

#YOlO
Vous pouvez parler Français? C'est bon.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Ugosample(m): 9:05pm On Jan 07, 2017
NeuroBoss:
I am a hyper-polyglot speaker of 11 languages and if you have ever traveled out of Nigeria, you will know that the world does not revolve around only English. All of the 6 languages of the United Nations namely; English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian are very important. However, choosing the one to learn after English should be informed by your perspective of the world and what you aim to do with it as not everyone has the persistence and mental drilling capacity that multiple language learning requires.
That said, you can contact me for any translation and interpretation involving any of the languages I stated in my signature. I speak all!

Vous parlez onze langues
Je suis jalouse de vous o.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Nobody: 9:22pm On Jan 07, 2017
Ugosample:


Vous pouvez parler Français?
C'est bon.

oui je parle français .

#YOLO

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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Ugosample(m): 9:25pm On Jan 07, 2017
richommie:

oui je parle français .
#YOLO
Das ist gut... Je parle Français et un peu d'allemand..
J'apprends allemand très vite
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Nobody: 9:52pm On Jan 07, 2017
Ugosample:


Das ist gut...
Je parle Français et un peu d'allemand..

J'apprends allemand très vite
c'est bien. cheesy


Et tu étudiais allemand?

#YOLO
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by engrshakespeare: 11:36pm On Jan 07, 2017
rhames:


I did not rank these languages sire. Its my opinion. Apart from Swahili, every continent speaks at least two of these languages listed above. We speak three in Africa starting with the dominant ( French, English and Portuguese), North America Speaks two ( English and Spanish) South America Speaks two Portuguese and Spanish Asia Speaks four Europe Speaks French English Italian and German. Middle East Speaks Arabic, English and French, Asia Speaks Japanese,English, Portuguese and French and Australasia speaks English and FRench.

They are referred to as the worlds' Language of colonisation. As for Chinese, They were colonised by the Japanese up till the end of the 2nd world war in 1945. The Chinese Government decided to use it as a a business language through its economic relationship with other world powers in early 2000's.

Thats the reason for my non ranking it as a universal language because beyond China you cant hear it used anywhere.

You are wrong my man, let me help you there. Chinese is spoken in the following countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Mongolia to mention but a few. I have not mentioned China and the growing number of Nigerian speakers. So reevaluate .
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by NeuroBoss(m): 12:42am On Jan 08, 2017
Ugosample:


Vous parlez onze langues
Je suis jalouse de vous o.
Monsieur, ce n'est rien. Apprendre les langues est revenue un style de vie pour moi....
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by greenermodels: 9:27am On Jan 08, 2017
RoyalBlak007:
Spanish
Latin
French




German is the most widely spoken language in the European union.

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Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Emperormartin(m): 7:16am On Mar 26, 2018
hadura29:


You try.. sprachen or spreche. One of the two..
Pls where can I learn German in this country and it's important to me... Pls reply
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by hadura29(m): 8:37am On Mar 26, 2018
Emperormartin:

Pls where can I learn German in this country and it's important to me... Pls reply

Goethe institute, they are located at the last floor, Citi Hall, Lagos Island. Close to GTB, St Nicholas Hospital and Kings College.
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by Emperormartin(m): 10:12am On Mar 26, 2018
hadura29:


Goethe institute, they are located at the last floor, Citi Hall, Lagos Island. Close to GTB, St Nicholas Hospital and Kings College.
Thanks sir... Can I have ur whatsapp no. For more direction pls
Re: Apart From English, Which Language Is More Useful Globally? by hadura29(m): 10:40am On Mar 26, 2018
Emperormartin:

Thanks sir... Can I have ur whatsapp no. For more direction pls
08060315429

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