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I guess I should rephrase... Phelix Send a noteboard - 21/12/2009 05:24:01 PM

That said, German could be fun. I also spent some time in South Africa, and learned some Afrikans, which I'm told is closely related to German.


Though as I understand there is also a decent number of South-Africans with actually German roots, and a couple of them might still speak it. But Afrikaans is largely mutually intelligible with Dutch, and not really with German.


Many Afrikaners I spoke with said that they had no trouble at all understanding spoken and written German, and were able to alter their Afrikans quickly to make themselves understood.

The people I stayed with had family who had moved to Berlin, and they were back visiting, so I was regaled with quite a bit of discussion on Germany, the German language, and how that country in particular (and Europe in general) is far superior to any country in Africa.
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OK linguaphiles and intelligentsia of RAFO, which language should I learn? Ouranid - 20/12/2009 05:25:54 PM 1081 Views
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Spanish Larry - 20/12/2009 05:51:56 PM 665 Views
Predicted that from both of you Ouranid - 20/12/2009 05:54:49 PM 823 Views
French. Werthead - 20/12/2009 05:58:00 PM 682 Views
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Ah, so you're Norwegian? Palatine - 21/12/2009 05:36:29 PM 741 Views
If you learn Spanish, it won't be that hard to learn Portugese and Italian *NM* Matrimony Cauthon - 20/12/2009 08:18:11 PM 370 Views
German or Spanish, of course. jh - 20/12/2009 09:12:27 PM 650 Views
Yeah, Ouranid - 20/12/2009 09:22:44 PM 840 Views
Um, where do you live? everynametaken - 21/12/2009 01:18:05 AM 848 Views
I vote German. It's the closest that I I come to "speaking" another language. Erith - 21/12/2009 03:15:42 AM 758 Views
No, man... Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:42:58 AM 768 Views
LOL - you could be right Erith - 22/12/2009 02:41:57 AM 844 Views
German, for the Philosophy. Dan - 21/12/2009 04:38:10 AM 794 Views
By that I hope you mean Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:35:56 AM 678 Views
I'd suggest Spanish. Phelix - 21/12/2009 07:30:26 AM 753 Views
Never thought of Spanish as a gateway language Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:45:56 AM 759 Views
The first hit's free, but after that you gotta pay. *NM* Phelix - 21/12/2009 05:24:48 PM 320 Views
A lot more to Dutch than to German. Legolas - 21/12/2009 02:57:26 PM 747 Views
I guess I should rephrase... Phelix - 21/12/2009 05:24:01 PM 731 Views
I'm neither of those things in your title, but I'll put in another vote for Spanish. Aemon - 21/12/2009 02:08:09 PM 723 Views
We all have our own prejudices for suggesting languages. Of the three, I suggest French. Tom - 21/12/2009 02:32:45 PM 889 Views
Spanish, unless you actually plan on travelling to Africa a lot LadyLorraine - 21/12/2009 05:29:13 PM 697 Views
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