How many languages can you speak?

tihi
tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭
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Learning new languages not only helps with communication but also benefits the brain.

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  • Use_code_VGTIB
    Use_code_VGTIB Posts: 549 ✭✭

    Two, not including Klingonese.

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @tihi said:
    When you study and use different languages, your brain constantly switches between linguistic systems. This process works like mental exercise — it enhances neural connections and increases gray matter density in areas related to attention and memory.

    In bilingual or multilingual people, the prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain responsible for planning and decision-making) becomes more active and efficient.

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    I have no idea about Klingonese 😅

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    I have no idea about Klingonese 😅

    can you tell me it's the language from which country?

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    yeah, me also 2. I am learning French now also ^^

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    yeah, me also 2. I am learning French now also ^^

    so maybe 3 in the future 😁😁

  • Rastin
    Rastin Posts: 1,073 ✭✭

    @tihi said:

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    I have no idea about Klingonese 😅

    can you tell me it's the language from which country?

    Its not a country. Its Startrek tv show. Its the language of the Klingons

  • tihi
    tihi Posts: 306 ✭✭

    @Rastin said:

    @tihi said:

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    I have no idea about Klingonese 😅

    can you tell me it's the language from which country?

    Its not a country. Its Startrek tv show. Its the language of the Klingons

    ah I understand now 😂 thanks so much

  • Fizz_Code_FRERG
    Fizz_Code_FRERG Posts: 1,537 ✭✭

    Only two, french and english

  • Fizz_Code_FRERG
    Fizz_Code_FRERG Posts: 1,537 ✭✭

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    yeah, me also 2. I am learning French now also ^^

    I can recommend you to re-watch your favorite tv show in french, better than a movie because you have time to get use of each voice

  • THORGAL CODE WT31T
    THORGAL CODE WT31T Posts: 9,595 ✭✭

    2 languages, french and english a little

  • Linkin
    Linkin Posts: 366 ✭✭

    @tihi said:
    Learning new languages not only helps with communication but also benefits the brain.

    Three languages not as fluent in French but still count.

  • junozero
    junozero Posts: 1,237 ✭✭

    Two and a bit of french.

  • Mark123_2024
    Mark123_2024 Posts: 9,006 ✭✭

    I don't speak any language.

  • Oxitora
    Oxitora Posts: 22 ✭✭

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    I have no idea about Klingonese 😅

    Klingon is a constructed language developed by linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek franchise, meant to sound "alien" and feature unusual grammar.

  • Oxitora
    Oxitora Posts: 22 ✭✭

    Klingon is a constructed language developed by linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek franchise, meant to sound "alien" and feature unusual grammar.

  • THORGAL CODE WT31T
    THORGAL CODE WT31T Posts: 9,595 ✭✭

    Language may be limited, but intention builds the bridge.

  • Use_code_VGTIB
    Use_code_VGTIB Posts: 549 ✭✭

    @Mark123_2024 said:
    I don't speak any language.

    You type it well though.

  • Montblanc
    Montblanc Posts: 6 ✭✭
    I speak 3 languages.
  • PieSenPie
    PieSenPie Posts: 181 ✭✭

    about 2 and a half languages

  • ttify_NHJA5
    ttify_NHJA5 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭

    Only one language fluently (English) and a bit of French and Mandarin through classes. I can speak and understand basic Cantonese, but cannot read or write. Luckily, Google Translate is getting better nowadays :D

  • shogun
    shogun Posts: 196 ✭✭

    4 in total

  • Ayrik
    Ayrik Posts: 4 ✭✭
    > @Montblanc said:
    > I speak 3 languages.

    I'm going for 5 after finnishing my French course in 2026:)
  • Fizz_Code_FRERG
    Fizz_Code_FRERG Posts: 1,537 ✭✭

    @Ayrik said:

    @Montblanc said:
    I speak 3 languages.

    I'm going for 5 after finnishing my French course in 2026:)

    Wow this is amazing

  • alexanderluo10890
    alexanderluo10890 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭

    I speak 3 languages and half of spanlish.

  • Sébastien_C
    Sébastien_C Posts: 1,017 ✭✭

    @Fizz_Code_FRERG said:

    @tihi said:

    @Shmutz said:
    Two, not including Klingonese.

    yeah, me also 2. I am learning French now also ^^

    I can recommend you to re-watch your favorite tv show in french, better than a movie because you have time to get use of each voice

    That’s a great idea.

  • Sébastien_C
    Sébastien_C Posts: 1,017 ✭✭

    I can speak two (french and english).

  • Sébastien_C
    Sébastien_C Posts: 1,017 ✭✭

    I know some programing languages too, does it count ? :D

  • Fizz_Code_FRERG
    Fizz_Code_FRERG Posts: 1,537 ✭✭

    @Sébastien_C said:
    I know some programing languages too, does it count ? :D

    Same here, but does not count :smiley:

  • Alaris
    Alaris Posts: 32 ✭✭

    English and French, and a few phrases in Spanish and Japanese.

  • mfarzan
    mfarzan Posts: 30 ✭✭

    English and Urdu.
    Learning Arabic these days

  • U3BIG
    U3BIG Posts: 199 ✭✭

    I speak 2 languages.

  • donnac
    donnac Posts: 6 ✭✭
    3, French, English, and Spanish
  • malkie_m
    malkie_m Posts: 16 ✭✭

    @Fizz_Code_FRERG said:

    @Sébastien_C said:
    I know some programing languages too, does it count ? :D

    Same here, but does not count :smiley:

    It should! In particular, the ability to think logically and express the logic in an algorithm is a significant achievement (IMO, of course!)

  • malkie_m
    malkie_m Posts: 16 ✭✭

    My native language is English. I speak enough French to have argued with an officer of the Gendarmerie (in France) over his refusal to sign a form I needed. Took about 15 minutes to persuade him.
    And I speak enough Spanish to go to the local market in Mexico on my own to do basic shopping. Also enough to tell people that I have no way of helping them to enter the US :)

    Not sure if I should count them, but I have a few phrases I can say in German; and in Mandarin, I can say that I'm your friend, I'm your baby, I'm busy, I'm coming, and I don't speak Mandarin.

    IMO, the first thing to learn in any language is how to say "I don't speak [insert language here]".
    e.g., "wo bu hui shuo guóyǔ" - I don't speak Mandarin, in Mandarin. You get some funny reactions that way.

  • Drizzt
    Drizzt Posts: 675 ✭✭

    I speak 2 languages, French and English.

  • Vasiok
    Vasiok Posts: 1,419 ✭✭

    5: English, French, Romanian, Russian and Italian.

  • Doxinator14
    Doxinator14 Posts: 123 ✭✭

    english and french

  • artistul
    artistul Posts: 12 ✭✭

    Somalian, Tanzanian

  • THORGAL CODE WT31T
    THORGAL CODE WT31T Posts: 9,595 ✭✭

    French fluent and english a little

  • Vasiok
    Vasiok Posts: 1,419 ✭✭

    @artistul said:
    Somalian, Tanzanian

    Lol, i true artist😂

  • Mike RZMAX
    Mike RZMAX Posts: 7,551 ✭✭

    French, English

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