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 I speak [X] number of languages. (16)

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I speak [X] number of languages.

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I speak English fluently. I can comprehend a fair amount of a newspaper in German. I can get the feel of a sentence in Spanish. I can translate some Latin. I can transliterate Greek.

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I speak [2] number of languages.

Spanish as my secondary, English as my primary.

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2-5 depending on nitpicky technicality. English, rough German, rougher Bavarian German, Music, and Mathematics.

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Also, having knowledge in nomenclature has helped me on occasion to read languages I know nothing about.

If you count music, I know that - too. Agreed on the second paragraph.

Bavarian German is simply a dialect, like Swiss. My paternal grandmother was Swiss - she could easily understand my maternal family when they spoke German. That would be like comparing the Cockney dialect to the Kentish dialect.

I suppose I could claim to understand the 'Canadian' dialect and the 'American' dialect. But then, you get into time periods. Slang from the fifties (which I can understand quite well) is completely different from slang of today - are they different languages? No!

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My mention of Bavarian German was a joke, but I'm glad you caught that anyhow. It was suppose to induce laughter to those whom know German. Like saying "I know the Queen's english and Redneck english"

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I am fluent in spanish and english. Spanish is my first language because that's what my mother spoke. My dad said i was 3, i was mixing my sentences with spanish and english. Finally i got it straightened out somewhere around the age of 5. But sometimes i have trouble with really big english words.

I also write music, saxophone peices mostly.

So you spoke a creole of Spanish and English? I've heard kids talk like that before, quite humorous.

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2 1/2. I'm fluent in English, I know a lot of Spanish but am not fluent and I know a little bit of Russian.

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I am most fluent in English, followed by Italian, then Portuguese, then German, then Japanese, then Chinese, then Hebrew and Russian.

I can speak English, Italian, Portuguese, and get along in very basic German and Japanese due to lack of quick vocabulary recollection.

Side: Five

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English

Spanish-Novice

Always wanted to learn to speak Mandarin

Side: Five
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I speak fluent english and french.

In the process of learning German and Japanese. I can read it... But not formulate sentences very well.

Side: Four
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You should try reading and listening to a number of sentences in those languages, then start thinking them. Slowly accustom your mind to the words and pace of the sentences, then just start having ad hoc practice conversations.

Side: Four

That's what I do. I try translating everything that I hear on TV into German.

Side: Four
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Well, let's see... defining 0 as "don't speak a word" and 1 as full fluency and tossing out some rough estimates...

English: 1

French: 0.4 (and falling)

Japanese: 0.3 (and rising)

So, I'm going with 1.7 languages if I don't play the "mathematics, engineering, computer languages" game to run up my numbers.

Side: Roughly one and 7 tenths

Calculating it your way:

English: 1

German: 0.4

Latin: 0.2

French: 0.1

Spanish 0.1

Side: Roughly one and 7 tenths

I speak english and some taishanese(a town in china). I keep thinking I'm a failure to this world.

Side: Roughly one and 7 tenths