A global ecosystem and economy, and spoken languages

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We live on a global ecosystem, and I have been thinking that I should spend time learning new spoken languages. According to a great summary by the Saint Ignatius HS titled The World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages, the top languages are in order:

After weighing six factors (number of primary speakers, number of secondary speakers, number and population of countries where used, number of major fields using the language internationally, economic power of countries using the languages, and socio-literary prestige), Weber compiled the following list of the world’s ten most influential languages:

  1. English
  2. French
  3. Spanish
  4. Russian
  5. Arabic
  6. Chinese
  7. German
  8. Japanese
  9. Portuguese
  10. Hindi/Urdu

That said, if I were to focus on three languages at first, below is what I’ve been thinking on tackling, possibly in that order:

  1. French
  2. German
  3. Chinese (Standard Mandarin?) or Japanese

Any suggestions with this list, and the order?

…and I always wanted to learn Latin, if I had the time. I already am fluent in Spanish, and English (US).

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4 thoughts on “A global ecosystem and economy, and spoken languages”

  2. I’ll vote Japanese, because Japan has great influence among manufacturing, electronic equipment, car making and so on. Also it has a very strong economy in Asia and even over the world.

  3. I studied Latin at school and I hated it. I have really bad memories of being forced to rote learn hundreds of Latin declensions. I can still rattle off a few to this day. Urgh!

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