How many languages do you fluently speak, read, and write?

[Bilboes]

Swedish is my main language, but my English and Turkish are not bad either..

[Anonymous]

One. English. I can speak basic German from like 20 years ago; I can have a basic conversation with a four year old German kid (I know because I would talk to a preschool 3-4s class, and there was a kid who was German - so to kinda ease him into the class, I’d speak German with him for a minute or so, then go into English… and say goodbye in German. But, I’m not fluent. Reminds me of a Bruce Willis line from FIFTH Elelemtn… “Whoa, lady… I speak only two languages… English and BAD English.” I can get by in reading German - sort of tell you what the writer is talking about, at least.

[DrPepper12]

Wow!!! 😳😦 Unfortunately I live in the land of pride in monolingualness!! Obviously I speak English and I can read and speak and write and listen Spanish well enough that I won't get lost in downtown Madrid but unfortunately I understand it in that order. I wouldn't call myself fluent but maybe conversational if people speak slowly. Muy lento... Muy lento!!

I also speak USA American Teenager if that counts...

[IslaTheWitch]

I fully understand your muy lento... but the more I ask them to slow down, the faster they speak ;(

[DrPepper12]

I've noticed that too whereas USA Americans speak LOUDER and... s... L... O... W... E... R...

[IslaTheWitch]

Polish - really fluent, as it's my native and beloved language
German - fluent enough... by the need and must (I live in Germany)
English - the only language for software engineering... is it fluent? no idea, but I have a feeling that people understand me, so is fluent enough :D

Russian... not so fluent anymore :D
y un poco español

[IslaTheWitch]

and a few programming languages... if it counts :D

[menina]

I would say it's two, Portuguese and English. I can speak Spanish, but I can't say that I'm fluent. I learned French as well, but it's still a bit weak 😅

[LiamJHayden]

Only English. I can read and decipher a bit of Spanish, Italian, Latin, and Greek, but not fluent in any of those and always think in English and ranslate, so I would drive natives to boredom waiting for me to cach up.

I can sight-read music, but that is not really a language.

[AviatorTom]

I'm fluent only in English, with variations including American, British, Canadian and Australian dialects. I am conversant in French and Spanish, and know enough German and Mandarin Chinese to sometimes get in trouble.

[DancingQueen16]

The only language I speak fluently is English but I know a few words in Spanish, French and sign language

[Taniisokay]

Arabic, French, English: fluent level, writing, reading and speaking

Same for my mother tongue too.

[DopeTurtle]

2 and half, English, patois, Spanish.


I’m better at writing and reading Spanish then orally because accents can throw me off on understanding the person, I’m definitely getting better at understanding the more people I meet

[WhiteSteve]

None😝

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vgoEhsJORU

[Anonymous]

One. Used to be able to fluently read Spanish though.

[buzzword]

That looks like Spanglish mixed with Commufrench to me...

[_Senorita_]

Why do you want to know.. r u a linguistic?

Will you take a test😂

[SugarSugarplum]

English, SQL, jQuery and C#

[dudegreat91]

:D :D

[IslaTheWitch]

who speaks jQuery these days?

[Tarifa]

Four: French, Dutch, Spanish and English.

[DrPepper12]

WOW!!! I AM SO JEALOUS!!!

[Tarifa]

@DrPepper12 Having being brought up in a bilingual family helps a lot. Years of studying, reading literature and living in different countries basically did the rest.

[DrPepper12]

And THAT makes you special and Erudite in a way few USA Americans could possibly understand

[Tarifa]

@DrPepper12 It always makes me wonder why teaching foreign languages is not of utmost importance in countries like the USA. I suppose that, with English being understood and spoken in almost every country you can travel to, and certainly in the popular holiday destinations, the incentive for English speaking people is rather inexistent.

[DrPepper12]

I've been told that it's a result of the large size of the United States and Canada that it's simply not a necessity unlike in Europe where if you throw a stone there's a different language. In my state, New York, 3 years of a foreign language is required. But as a high school teacher of history I can tell you that many don't graduate fluent but passable. Even then, they lose it very quickly because there's not an opportunity to practice it. I went to work in a school with a high Hispanic population so I did get a chance to use it more than most. I'm jealous of multilingual people simply for the fact that they have so much more information available to them and even ways of thinking and expressing.

[Tarifa]

@DrPepper12 I've had the chance to live in different countries. It makes you aware that the world is much bigger than the town you grew up in. I think moving somewhere else broadens your horizons in more than just the literal way.

As for Spanish in the USA, I think that the Hispanic population is one of the most influencial ones. But reading between the lines, I think that segregation is still a big problem that will keep population groups apart. When you say there are schools with a high Hispanic population, that also implies there are schools where the Hispanic population will be fairly low or non-existent. There must be a reason why Spanish speaking parents would send their kids to these schools and not other schools.

[Tarifa]

* I think I misspelt influential *

[Nikki1989]

Three.

[BadApple69]

2 for me…. English and bad English

[4ngelic]

french & English

[lisafkit79]

2 English and Spanish

[Alex-Snow]

Solomente dos... English and Spanish

[Jrg98]

English and bad English

[Babygirl_S]

Only English and Hindi

[Babygirl_S]

It is compulsory subject

[college-student2021]

Oh ok

[Kelly6]

@bilboes 2 English and Spanish

[MrGSpotHer]

Just the one and barley 😂

[DrPepper12]

C'mon you speak numbers too! That counts as a language according to linguists

[MrGSpotHer]

I don't understand I'm rubbish at math

[Agape93]

Three

[msss98]

Three

[CubaPirate]

Just the one unfortunately

[NathanDavis]

two...

[Account]

Three.

[Walksbehindtherows]

Just my own language

[dudegreat91]

Two...

[Meghi1609]

Three. 😇

[bowenw]

En..

[Cheerfull009]

4 languages

[LazerMan]

not meny

[FenixG45]

Zero!

[eagle1951]

one.

[Anonymous]

One….