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Mostly online through voice or text because i think we all could tell foreigners in person!

I would probably tell them to not worry about learning vowels in Persian and just wing it, it'll come to them eventually

It will stick and they will end up sounding hilarious when talking and everyone will laugh at everything they say

Hahaha!

Hi! My first post on Reddit so here goes. I need help picking my third language. I am from CA and currently live in the PNW. My Spanish is pretty good (grew up in CA, lived in Spain for a couple of years, etc). I want to continue to improve my Spanish and also I want to pick up a new language. But I can’t decide which and I keep flittering around 3. Here are the three: 1/ German. It’s an interesting language and my ancestral language. I’m very interested in ancestry so that’s a real pull. The downside is that every German will speak better English than I do so perhaps it’s not practical. 2/ French. It’s a language that is both beautiful and practical as there are cool places where the culture expects you to know their language. And it’s Latin so it would be smooth to go with Spanish and French. 3/ Japanese. I love Murakami novels and Japanese culture and would really like to travel in Japan. While it would be hard, I’ve heard that Japanese people are appreciative of people who put in the effort. I literally cannot decide. My brain is not big enough for more than 2.

Something that maybe you use as a flex, something that showed you, you are smarter than you thought

I mean with compliments or descriptions that they think it's wholesome about your ability to speak their language but secretly annoys or hurts you?

I was born American but I grew up hearing Spanish in the house my mom spoke Spanish with me btw I’m 21. I’ve been to Latin America for 5 months all my life.

I think it's interesting how quickly we form an idea of a language before actually hearing how people use it naturally.

Then you learn more about it and realize your first impression was completely off.

What did you initially get wrong about a language, or what do outsiders usually misunderstand about yours?

I’m from Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani is mainly spoken only in Azerbaijan and parts of northern Iran. Because of that, my language feels very closely tied to my country and culture.
I’ve always been curious about people whose native language is spoken across many countries, such as English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Arabic speakers.
What does it feel like knowing that your language is spoken by millions of people from completely different countries and cultures? How do you feel when you hear different accents or regional versions of your language? Does your language feel connected to your country, or does it feel like something much bigger?
For example, how do people from England feel when they hear American, Australian, South African, or Indian English? Or how do people from Spain feel about Latin American Spanish? Or French speakers from France hearing Canadian, Belgian, Swiss, or African French?
I’m curious because my experience is very different. When I travel abroad, I never expect to find another country where I can naturally use my native language, so I wonder what it’s like for people who do.

Ya know those weird questions that just pop into your mind for no reason? Well, I was wondering this. The thought came to me while I was reading a post from someone who said English wasn't their first language and that they used no capitalization.

I know that in Spanish, they don't capitalize words like "English" and "Spanish". Does Spanish just not have proper nouns?

Is capitalization just for languages with... oh gosh ... what are the letters used in Spanish, English, and French called?

Okay, now I'm wondering all sorts of things.

Hope someone can help me out.

I've been pondering what's the the "border" between a dialect and a language, and I've just woken up and immediately realized that "every single language that has at least 1 dialect is Ambrela Term"

There is no single German, Chinese, Arabic, English Russian, Uzbek etc languages. All they cover a bunch of dialects.

I heard once a phrase "language is a dialect with army".

For example Uzbek language, before USSR there was no single Uzbek language, just a bunch of different languages. When soviets came there, they chose a random one of them, and called it O'zbek tili, ane suddenly others become dialects

Would you do it? would you want this? and also what would you say? why should your language becomes earth's official language?

At least subconsciously, maybe you don't like people butchering the pronounciation or it feels like an untouched gem to you!

Do you know anyone else that does? other than this, do you know of a reason as to why anyone would even do this?