How many languages do you speak?

siggakolla

Icelandic and English fluently
Ive studied Danish at school and can get by in Danish, and seeing how the nordic languages are quite similar i can understand/speak a little bit of all fo them (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian )
And i speak very basic Finnish since i lived there for 6 months

Jerkis

I was born in The Dominican Republic so i speak Spanish. My husband is Filipino and I learned Tagalog. And I also speak English.

Ashley_Panda

English
ASL

jimmie25

I speak german, english and finnish, currently studying swedish. i'd like to speak spanish and french too

heidimaggott78

two. All children in South Africa are required to learn English and Afrikaans. Many people speak 3 or 4 (their mother tongue, English, Afrikaans and possibly another)

bsuew

English and sign language pretty well. Not sure if it is considered another language?

laserturkey

English
Spanish (used to be fluent, now just pretty good)
German (barely functional)
Russian (only remember a few bits and pieces)
Plus a few key phrases in Japanese, French, and Italian

xuashe

English and bits of French and Mandarin.

My fiance speaks Mandarin, Wu Chinese, and a different dialect that I cannot remember the name of..., and also English!

BAMFMeredith

English...and is Spanglish a language? I speak that fluently. It's kind of a must living in south Austin, TX. I can probably speak more real Spanish than I think I can, but I'm hoping to get Rosetta Stone sometime soon and brush up on it, definitely a valuable skill to be English/Spanish bilingual in this part of the country.

chooriyah

Four - English, Urdu, French, German...working on learning Arabic now...

taunto

Used to be 9. Now its only 4

Derpina7

Two - French and English. Learning Russian and German as they're also a part of my heritage .

flynnfinn

english, german, swiss-german, spanish, tagalog and now learning french. i suppose if i wanna stretch it, i could say i understand some italian too.

oh and on the swiss-german...it's a dialect of german spoken by the swiss. but my viewpoint on speaking swiss-german is that i spent way too much time and money learning proper german so i refuse to speak swiss-german but i will gladly engage in conversations so long as i can respond in proper german.

and after you learn a second language (aside from your mother tongue) properly, the rest come easy. it's like your mind is just open and trained to learn the semantics of languages.

SuzieZimm

Four - English, Urdu, French, German...working on learning Arabic now...

Yay, Arabic!

ahigg396

I speak 4: English, Spanish, Protuguese and French.

cmdrmanders

I know English, Spanish, minimal Japanese (still learning), and I'm learning to speak Elvish. (Yes the kind of Elvish you hear in Lord Of The Rings, it's fun to learn )

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

I was born in The Dominican Republic so i speak Spanish. My husband is Filipino and I learned Tagalog. And I also speak English.

Same here I'm half Mexican-Filipina & I learned to speak Spanish thru my Dad & grandma and also I got a lot of friends from Mexico, Spain & South America. Since I live in the Philippines so I have to speak Tagalog & English (though I'm not fluent on that one)

fitgirlandfoodie

2 fluently, English and Irish (Gaeilge) and am fairly good with French.

Jill_newimprovedversion

I know ENGLISH because I learned the alphabet
and can repeat a few words/phrases....


[pet peeve when someone lists SIGN w/ this same idea...oh I know Sign]


Personally, I'm not even sure I'd say I know ENGLISH (or at least speak it fluently) after 50 some years

because I still confuse people with what I say-:laugh:

taunto

I am planning to teach my nieces and nephews different languages that their parents don't know and that will be simply an "our" language. Like I will be teaching one of my nephew Arabic, another Sindhi etc. My mother did that to me with Arabic and I always thought it was cool and allowed me to confide in her with many things. My nieces and nephews should have some adult that they can confide in too!

TheRightWeigh

1.2 languages...lol

I speak English fluently
I can understand and read french marginally, but want to become fluent...

I also want to learn spanish and italian

Does Rosetta Stone work??

k8blujay2

1.5

English, (Dutch that I am losing, and various Spanish and Italian)

Silver_Star

Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Nepali, Thai, Khmer (beginner level) French ( i can get by), Spanish ( still learning)

bbbgamer

I speak Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Hoping to add Greek in my lifetime!

pants77

Native English (both Ye Olde English and Amurrkan English), fluent Spanish.

I can understand Italian, French, and Portuguese pretty well from the Spanish fluency, but I can't speak them.

sizzle92

One. I took 2 years of Spanish and know just a bit. lol

Methinksabout

native German, fluent English, and some basic french (needs refreshing though)
Love languages, but living in England messed with my ability to think in any other language - need to pick up on french again soon or am going to lose it compeltely.. done some courses in spanish and greek as well, but my abilities there are not really worth mentioning..

travisseger

1. English - native language

2. Spanish - it's not the greatest, but I can get by if I have to.

3. My father and his entire side of my family is from the swamps of Louisiana, so although I refuse to speak it, I can translate Cajun-talk for you.

mjterp

Native- English (American, though I am known for throwing in British spelling on things like colour...) When I speak, I have a unique accent that is a mix of Wisconsin (Canada Light-eh, dontchaknow...and ALL o's have TWO syllables) and southern texas (all y'all want to friend me now?)

NEAR Native ASL (I'm not a CODA but I play one on TV! -...seriously)

elementary Spanish (Fluent receptive,...totally struggle with expressive. Would LOVE to get fluent, though I don't believe I want to be tri-lingual at work. Just for my OWN benefit)

_Bob_

I try to speak Spanish but I always get...