Lingusitics Would you like to learn every language in the world?

[Dremmer]

Would you like to learn every language in the world?

 

[Insanity]

I've considered learning several, but every might be a bit much, specially since there are several dialects that are specific to a small group of people.

I have an interest in history, so I've thought about learning languages such as Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, or Chinese...

 

[wolram]

Yes, every one, all i have is a little Greek.

 

[Newai]

No, I'd rather we all put together one language.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Would you like to learn every language in the world?

Yes. It'll take a while though.

 

[drizzle]

Would you like to learn every language in the world?
Yes. but I won't have the time/memory to do so. I'd learn/do/write something good to share and rely on translators.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Yes, every one, all i have is a little Greek.

I understand every language in the world except Greek.

 

[Insanity]

mayhaps find a babel fish.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

I understand every language in the world except Greek.

It looks Greek to me.

 

[micromass]

YES! I'd love to know every language in the world. It would be so great to be able to communicate to so many people!

 

[Astronuc]

Would you like to learn every language in the world?

Yes - if I had the time and capacity, and I'd like to learn the ancient ones as well.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon. - Weird Al

 

[jtbell]

If you learn Votic, you can give the 20-odd remaining native speakers someone new to talk to.

But it's too late for Livonian. The last native speaker died in 2009.

The Estonian composer Veljo Tormis wrote a cycle of choral songs using various Balto-Finnic languages: Livonian, Votic, Izhorian, Ingrian, Vepsian and Karelian, based on research including interviews with surviving native speakers. Tormis wrote in the booklet accompanying a 2-CD set (Forgotten Peoples) in 1992, "I still get a Christmas card every year in Livonian, but for how much longer?"

 

[Leptos]

I'd like to learn http://www.lojban.org/tiki/la+lojban.+mo
Sounds like the best language in the world.

 

[Proton Soup]

i would not like to learn every language. i would like to magically know every language, but frankly I'm having a hard enough time learning biological terms.

 

[turbo]

I understand every language in the world except Greek.

See? It's all Greek to me, which is why I have problems with non-Maine English.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

i would not like to learn every language. i would like to magically know every language, but frankly I'm having a hard enough time learning biological terms.

You're having trouble learning your native language.

 

[Chi Meson]

If I were to be paralyzed, I suppose I would spend time learning more languages, but I can't imagine the time input required to learn every language, sort of like not being able to fathom the mass of a galaxy.

First two on my list (after paralysis): Scots Gaelic and Japanese. No reason other than I like the way they sound (I love Kurosawa films).

 

[Proton Soup]

You're having trouble learning your native language.

if only my "native" language were but one

 

[Pythagorean]

"Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world, according to new research..."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314132531.htm

 

[myth_kill]

"Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world, according to new research..."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314132531.htm

how many languages do u know ?

 

[Pythagorean]

how many languages do u know ?

0.50 of the english language

0.05 of the mathematical language

so not even one.

 

[myth_kill]

:lol: