How many languages do you know?
Not a must, but it would be great if you could also post which languages you know and your current level of fluency.
In order to count as knowing a language you should at least be semi-fluent. (Whatever that means to you)
From,
-Jonathan.
I’ll start:
Here goes:
Well, only 2…
Additionally, I would count Japanese except its been so long that I’m forgetting much of it.
English, Native
Latin, reasonably well. I would feel almost comfortable in Ancient Rome, and would probably be fluent in a few months there.
Hebrew, modern; simple conversation, "where’s the consulate?/do you speak english? but also come more complicated stuff left over from BH
Hebrew, Biblical; reasaonbly well. I know the grammar, picking up vocab and perfecting my verb declining is all that’s left.
Greek, ancient; 4 semesters down.
Aramaic: Self taught, only a few months, but progressing nicely. A grammar almost identical to Hebrew is convient, and much vocab overaps.
English—Native
German—Two years in High School, years ago. Still practice with German speaking friends
Greek—4 1/2 years at University, Mainly Biblical, 1 1/2 years non-biblical
Hebrew—Two Years at university ALL biblical
Aramaic–Studied VERY shortly in Hebrew Classes, enough that I can sort of understand when I watch “The Passion of the Christ”
Out of all of those languages, I would only try to talk to someone in German or English…although my Jewish friends are mighty impressed when I quote Hebrew Memory Verse, (They say my accent is perfect…this from an Israeli National!!)
I hope to pick up Latin next, but right now it’s brushing up on German and Homeric Greek.
English, Latin, Spanish, in order of proficiency. I am too ashamed of my Greek skill to list that as well (I will learn it someday!).
English,
Korean
I didn’t list Latin (rusty) and German (in the process of learning). I hope to learn Italian as well, and someday Greek.
Bilingual in English and German. I can read French, but I can hardly talk it. I can also understand Dutch if I listen carefully and read it. Then Latin and Greek, read and understand only of course, I don’t often meet Romans I can talk to in Latin 
. I once learned modern Greek, but I think I can say I’ve forgotten most of what I’ve learned - not been to Greece for ages 
. I’m trying to learn Italian now… (emphasis on trying 
, hehehe, obviously not trying that hard 
)
So, ignoring Dutch, modern Greek and Italian that’s 4
edit: uh… I didn’t count English… damn, I’ve already cast my vote though 
should be 5
There was another poll about this same subject not so long ago:
http://discourse.textkit.com/t/how-many-languages-do-you-know/2776/1
Perhaps interesting to take a look at the results there too.
I go for 5: Dutch, English, German, Italian, French.
My Latin and Ancient Greek are not good enough anymore/yet.
Regards,
Adelheid
Italian, mother tongue
Venetian, mother tongue (does it count? In Italy it is considered a dialect, but it is listed as a language in the Ethnologue
)
English (I could improve a lot, I wouldn’t say I am proficient)
I am learning French and I cannot speak it very well yet. Anyway I can read a French book/newspaper almost without a dictionary (and also Spanish in some extend) thanks to similarity with Italian.
German, basic, I can order a beer at Oktoberfest
Russian basic ( I forgot most)
Latin/Greek: funny I studied them for 5 years at Gymnasium (high school) but in a “grammatical” way, so I know the grammar and I can read them with a dictionary. I am working at improving Latin, learning it like a living language.
French and English: Mother tongues.
Spanish: fluent (lived in South America for three years).
Japanese: fluent (lived in Japan for nine years).
German: learning. I can understand most Nena songs now, which makes me quite happy.
Latin: learning. Embarassed by how slowly it is progressing. Oh well…
Korean, native
English, I can hold up a conversation but not fluent, I can scantly catch up movies and news
I won’t count a number of languages I only started but never got to any small bit of fluency.
Fluent:
-Spanish
-Portuguese
-French
At an advanced level:
Intermediate level/Learning:
Yes… “Romance” rules!
The reaction I usually get when asked what languages I speak is:
-What languages do you speak?
-Oh, just Romance languages, and studying Latin.
-Which Romance languages?
-(Refer to the list above)
-Just how many Romance languages can you learn before you end up all confused?
Well, as I have said before, I don’t see these languages like that; it is actually the fact that they’re all very similar, which is what turns some people off, what turns me “on” to them. As most of you who speak more than one Romance language, I can understand all the minority languages, but the list above takes in consideration understanding, reading, and, the very important, speaking. I started with Occitan a few weeks ago, and indeed it’s a breeze.
The only reason I put Italian and Catalan in “advanced level” is because I haven’t had the opportunity to use them or speak them as much as the others, though I can understand both completely.
And Latin, I put it in intermediate because I just finished Wheelock’s and have started to read some original Latin texts, so I guess that would place me in an intermediate level, right? (That is, as opposed to beginner or advanced).
And yeah, no Romanian.
Bilingual in Russian and Modern Greek.
Ancient Greek – even if we separate it from the Modern one (which I would prefer not to do), I speak it from my childhood.
English – second language.
Portuguese – fluent.
French – semi-fluent.
Greman – semi-fluent.
Latin – semi-fluent.
Fluent in English & Korean. However with Korean, I do not know how to read or write the characters. One day, I may teach myself.
German–semi-fluent.
Latin–intermediate level
Spanish–beginning level, finishing my first semester of Spanish at the university. It is an intensive course, which means it is one full year’s worth of university-level Spanish crammed into one semester.
It seems there are a lot of Korean speakers interested in Greek or Latin.
in order of proficiency: english, cantonese, french, mandarin
I am well acquainted with English, and I spoke German alongside English until I was eight. (Although I lost a lot of it over the years. I am working hard to recover it and become truly fluent.) And Latin on a beginner/intermediate level. I’d like to think I am six months away from the beginning stages of basic reading competency.
I am dabbling in Anglo Saxon, although I’m doing that mostly to understand the roots of English better.
Wish list: French and Ancient Greek. Arabic would be nice, too.
I admire those of you who are naturally good with languages and who have acquired knowledge of many. I would gladly trade my ability in music for a natural knack at languages.
WB