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  • I speak just my native language.

    13 8.55%
  • I speak one additional language beyond my native tongue.

    47 30.92%
  • I speak 3 different languages.

    47 30.92%
  • I can speak up to 4 different languages.

    31 20.39%
  • I can speak 5 or more languages.

    14 9.21%
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How many languages do you speak?

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    How many languages do you speak? (OP)


    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.)
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Hmm... 3 language ,, English .. Arabic .. french a little
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Four languages: Pashto, Farsi (Dari), English and Russian.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Can someone please explain what does Urdu mean? I know I could google it, but I would like some simple one-sentence explanation
    Its a language spoken in Pakistan.
    How many languages do you speak?

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    Re: How many languages do you speak?



    Mother tongue: Kurdish. Beside that I can speak German fluently! Arabic! French! and English

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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    english, swahili, barawa, arabic n spanish a lil
    i can understand somali a lil but have trouble replying
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    ^that's really cool, is Somali close to Arabic at all btw?
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    there're few word/phrases that r similar
    How many languages do you speak?

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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    I only know English, my native tongue, but I will also be learning German, and when I join up, probably Dari.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Urdu, English and Arabic I can speak. I can understand Punjabi and Pushto (a little), but have trouble replying.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    The only language I speak completely fluently is English. I dream in English. So, I guess people who are native speakers of other languages dream in other languages. That seems so weird to me. Dunno why.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    3, Chinese, English, and a little bit Malayu, because I study in Malaysia, UMS.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Salam,
    Swedish and English I speak the same good. Then I can also speak French, German and Spanish. After that just a little Russian and Latin too, but Latin you don't speak very normally just in poems and similar things. Then I can also understand Danish and Norwegian since they are so similar to Swedish.
    So I voted the highest lol...
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    4 pushtu english arabc urdu and bit of persian
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

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    Urdu, English, Arabic(20 %; can only read)..
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatu Allahi wa baraktoh

    I speak Bosnian, English,and Spanish. Spanish came naturally,naturalmente.

    My goal is to learn Arabic,InshAllah, once I get older and have more options with life.
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    My first language is Arabic
    so I speak,read,write and listen

    any question about Arabic I'm ready to help

    and the second language is English
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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    format_quote Originally Posted by Nora. View Post
    My first language is Arabic
    so I speak,read,write and listen

    any question about Arabic I'm ready to help

    and the second language is English

    MasAllah!! You're so lucky. Allah,spw, chose Arabic for us.

    Here we go:

    I'm not asking so that you translate Al-Fatiha directly word for word. I just want to know the words used in it.

    Allhamdulillah means Praise be to Allah

    Hi ?

    Rabbil?

    Alemin means Lord of the worlds.

    Ar- Rahman

    Ar?

    Rahman means merciful

    i? does i mean and?

    Rahim? benefacent?

    Malik means owner or king?

    ja?

    umidin?

    and so on



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    Re: How many languages do you speak?

    English, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, basic Gujjarati i.e. kem cho, and basic pashto i.e. 'vayy dayr khashta de' and if anybody needs to learn Chinese then my chinese neighbours will help u!:P
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    I speak English (native), French and Italian fluently, have basic Spanish and am going to start learning Arabic in September!
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