Comments on: The 10 Most Useful Languages to Learn

By: cchanc00

cchanc00 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:06:14 +0000

English is the most widely known even in China and muslim countries. pretty much every country in Africa has english as an official language or primary language. it is the second language of most people in Africa. When two business people meet who speak different languages say Japanese and Arabic most of the time they converse in english since neither understands the others native language. English has more words than any other language it is the most adaptive it barrows from nearly every language concepts that only make the language more efficient. if you know english you don’t need to know another language.

By: Qim

Qim — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:21:09 +0000

Well any if any of you have to choose between French, Italian, Spanish or Japanese which one would you pick?

By: Anne Carole

Anne Carole — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:09:55 +0000

My Grandfather was English and spoke Hindi and some other Indian dialects, he believed that India one day would be powerful so I think too that Hindi should be on the list! He also spoke Persian (Farsi) and Arabic which he also maintained would be very useful to learn in the future. I think Italian, German, Swedish and Dutch are a waste of time to learn unless you live in those countries as their English is excellent!

By: classics scholar

classics scholar — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:34:14 +0000

the list seems to be based on a western point of view, i.e. what are the top ten languages for an english speaker to learn. i dont think the author meant to tier the languages so much by worldly importance/popularity but rather by application, depth, and relation to english, hence the presence of romance languages over those such as hindustani and korean.

By: Erik Granstrom

Erik Granstrom — Wed, 25 May 2011 06:27:30 +0000

A great list, thanks!

By: CD

CD — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:17:13 +0000

According to most research Spanish is the most useful for Americans and German for Britons.
English is the most useful internationally- we know that- French and German are the other two that are used most beyond their native speaker base.

By: saket

saket — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:06:01 +0000

dude ! hindustani has got to be on the list ! how dumb ! italian is there and not hindi are u kidding me !

By: Desdemona

Desdemona — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:13:44 +0000

Persian is the best and most beautiful language of the world.
It is the language of art and literature.

By: Syed Housein

Syed Housein — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:43:03 +0000

now in India learning English is manditory in most schools…

By: w/e

w/e — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:02:25 +0000

I agree, isn’t English the official language of India anyway?