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I only speak English. I can understand French if spoken slowly (I haven't spoken it myself since 1988, but am remembering it because my Manager on Saturdays is from Togo, an East African former French colony) a little German and tourist Italian and Spanish. I can swear in Dutch and Punjabi.
IMHO I think those languages most foreign to us are most important - Japanese, Chinese, Indian (although the last two have dialects so diverse there is no official language). To learn to converse with people who have not only a different language but a different structure is to me a huge commitment. Dwellars with good memories will know I signed up for Chinese but the course was cancelled - I'll look again (NOW I HAVE A JOB!!!! sorry, still excited)
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