Including your native tongue, how many languages do you speak well enough to read a newspaper or have a conversation with another person in that language?
(Please consider multiple dialects of the same language that can be mutually understood as one language, whereas those that cannot be mutually understood -- such as Cantonese and Mandarin -- count as two languages.)
I speak only 2 languages, English and Arabic, but I understand -partially- a few more languages, French,Italian and Hebrew I tho can't communicate using these.
Although Somalia joined the Arab League in 1974, accords Arabic official language status, and Arabic is spoken by Somalis in commerce, religion and education, the country's primary language is Somali.
English, Pashto, Dari, took Spanish for a year in middle school, it's my third year of Latin, and I understand urdu/hindi as a result of watching so many shows. Of course I cannot speak Spanish fluently, I've forgotten everything lol.
"Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing."
Al-Baqara verse 263 (2:263)
^I only speak one language: English. I can understand simple Afrikaans but I'm not comfortable with it. I can understand the just of a lecture, article in Arabic.
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I speak English <-- obviously lol
and Turkish <-- but my turkish is not so good
Also trying to learn arabic <-- but learning a new language is my weak point so it gonna take a while for that
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