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Trilinguals say the three languages you speak

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#1
Hasbulla

Learning one counts, please be serious. This is for a report I am doing with 2 friends. I'll start

English, Urdu, German

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werZy
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Portuguese, English, German (, Spanish)

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Hasbulla
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werZy [#2]

Portuguese, English, German (, Spanish)

Nice, when did u learn all these, by yourself, school or just in the household?

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TSM_Shreyash
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English, Hindi, Sanskrit

#5
Hasbulla
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TSM_Shreyash [#4]

English, Hindi, Sanskrit

damn you are part of the 1% who knows Sankskrit?

#6
bloodysky
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English, Fiilipino, and a little bit of Spanish

#7
FIreFistOM
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English , Hindi , Marathi

#8
Rainyy
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English, Filipino, Tagalog

the two are different, trust me :)

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Hasbulla
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bloodysky [#6]

English, Fiilipino, and a little bit of Spanish

damn, nice

#10
MilanTheMyth
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English, Hindi, Bhojpuri

can understand some Sanskrit, Awadhi, Gujarati, Marathi and Urdu

#11
TMosura
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Indonesian, English, conversational Filipino + Tagalog, conversational Sundanese

#12
werZy
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Hasbulla [#3]

Nice, when did u learn all these, by yourself, school or just in the household?

PT mother tongue, EN at school, the other two living in Europe

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Hasbulla
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Rainyy [#8]

English, Filipino, Tagalog

the two are different, trust me :)

I trust you, lol
I was tempted to say hindi and urdu, since the vocab is very similair

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Hasbulla
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TMosura [#11]

Indonesian, English, conversational Filipino + Tagalog, conversational Sundanese

sheeesh, bro speaks Sudanese

#15
Hasbulla
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MilanTheMyth [#10]

English, Hindi, Bhojpuri

can understand some Sanskrit, Awadhi, Gujarati, Marathi and Urdu

damn, very nice

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TSM_Shreyash
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Hasbulla [#5]

damn you are part of the 1% who knows Sankskrit?

learnt it at school
it was compulsory

#17
Hasbulla
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FIreFistOM [#7]

English , Hindi , Marathi

nice, I assume Marathi is a language spoken in India

#18
Hasbulla
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werZy [#12]

PT mother tongue, EN at school, the other two living in Europe

oh cool.

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TMosura
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Hasbulla [#14]

sheeesh, bro speaks Sudanese

Sudanese =/= Sundanese! Sundanese (Basa Sunda) is a local language to the western region of Java, spoken by the Sundanese people. I picked up some key phrases and sentences during my time there as a uni student.

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Hasbulla
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TSM_Shreyash [#16]

learnt it at school
it was compulsory

oh wow.

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Hasbulla
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TMosura [#19]

Sudanese =/= Sundanese! Sundanese (Basa Sunda) is a local language to the western region of Java, spoken by the Sundanese people. I picked up some key phrases and sentences during my time there as a uni student.

ooh Sundanese, I didn't see the n lol. still cool

#22
TSM_Shreyash
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Hasbulla [#17]

nice, I assume Marathi is a language spoken in India

yep it is spoken in maharashtra(state in india)

#23
Supr3meGucci
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Hindi, English Punjabi
I can read and write each as well

#24
Bronze-Smurf
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English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati ezpz

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Rainyy
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Hasbulla [#13]

I trust you, lol
I was tempted to say hindi and urdu, since the vocab is very similair

if you learn a word from each language, can you claim to speak every language?
just a thought

#26
kamran
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Eng, Urdu and Punjabi

#27
LittleCaa
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English, Indonesian, and a lil bit of French

#28
Onliner
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English, malay, indonesian

#29
i_eat_chips
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hindi , english, punjabi(spoken form) , urdu(spoken form) , bhojpuri , maithili, a lil bit of awadhi , a lil bit of nepali , haryanvi , rajasthani , sanskrit(know how to read and understand it)

#30
yourfather
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eng, hindi, french(read write both) can understand punjabi and a lot of other indian regional languages

#31
Bo0mShell
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Hasbulla [#5]

damn you are part of the 1% who knows Sankskrit?

Some schools teach basic sanskrit. It's not enough for having long convos tho

#32
PokemonMaster
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Indonesian, English, Javanese, Sundanese, Bataknese (just a little, I know what other people say even if I can't reply them)

If learning count, I ever learn Chinese and Japanese (like 8 years ago but can only read still can't hold a proper conversation)

#33
Hidden_Name
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Speak Read and write- English Hindi
Can understand but cannot read or write - Punjabi bit of French

#34
redlight
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English, Bangla, French (enough to read and write)

#35
Bo0mShell
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Marathi, Hindi, English, Sanskrit (basic), Spanish(basic), German(basic)

Languages I understand
Punjabi, Gujrati, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marwadi

Typical West Indian

#36
Bo0mShell
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redlight [#34]

English, Bangla, French (enough to read and write)

Bangla in Canada?

#37
asseater4life
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spanish, dutch and english

#38
bandwagondestroyer
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english, hindi, arabic

#39
bandwagondestroyer
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MilanTheMyth [#10]

English, Hindi, Bhojpuri

can understand some Sanskrit, Awadhi, Gujarati, Marathi and Urdu

they are more like spain spanish and argentina spanish variation, i could be wrong

#40
Godson
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english, hindi, gujarati, malayalam,tamil(basic)

#41
sp3cbro
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English, Hindi and Russian
(Rookie in Spanish and Portuguese)

#42
Godson
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Bo0mShell [#35]

Marathi, Hindi, English, Sanskrit (basic), Spanish(basic), German(basic)

Languages I understand
Punjabi, Gujrati, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marwadi

Typical West Indian

ay hai, boomshell bhai

#43
Sem1-
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TSM_Shreyash [#4]

English, Hindi, Sanskrit

Does it differ a lot from Hindi?

#44
BLUMARS6
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english, chinese, polish

#45
Sem1-
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BLUMARS6 [#44]

english, chinese, polish

Are you Chinese living in Poland or are you just learning it?

#46
WiseGorbachev
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Russian Arabic French (and English too obviously)

#47
username_
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Sem1- [#43]

Does it differ a lot from Hindi?

Sanskrit is more like an archaic form of hindi, both are written in the same script and have a similar vocabulary.

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username_ [#47]

Sanskrit is more like an archaic form of hindi, both are written in the same script and have a similar vocabulary.

I see, thanks! I just looked up Sanskrit and in the pictures it looked like Hindi to me and that guy said something about 1% so I was wondering if there's a big difference.

#49
delusional_paperrex_fan
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english , malay , chinese , canto , hokkien and little bit of japanese

#50
Hasbulla
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Rainyy [#25]

if you learn a word from each language, can you claim to speak every language?
just a thought

nah lol

#51
hiyo
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English, Mandarin, Spanish

#52
Bo0mShell
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Sem1- [#43]

Does it differ a lot from Hindi?

Not really. Hindi Marathi and Telugu have a lot of words from Sanskrit. These languages are made from Sanskrit. (Not sure if I am framing this correctly)

#53
hiyo
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delusional_paperrex_fan [#49]

english , malay , chinese , canto , hokkien and little bit of japanese

feel like chinese canto and hokkien fall in the same category tbh they're just diff dialects

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Bo0mShell [#52]

Not really. Hindi Marathi and Telugu have a lot of words from Sanskrit. These languages are made from Sanskrit. (Not sure if I am framing this correctly)

Btw do you see these languages used in daily life or is it just mainly Hindi? I mean like street signs, shop names, ads etc

#55
flu1d
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English, urdu, punjabi, sraiki. The last three resembles.

#56
GeZAhri
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English, German , Hindi , Bengali and Sanskrit

#57
Bo0mShell
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Sem1- [#54]

Btw do you see these languages used in daily life or is it just mainly Hindi? I mean like street signs, shop names, ads etc

It depends on where you live. I live in Maharashtra and shop names are written in either Marathi or both Marathi and English. Signs are mostly in both English and Marathi but sometimes it's just Marathi.
Pretty much same for every state.
For billboards, it just depends on what it is promoting

#58
Jbroz21
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English, Spanish, Tagalog, and also Cyphers ; - ;

#59
BIGGEST_LG_FAN
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English Bangoli Spanish

#60
Kuttush
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English, Hindi, Bengali

#61
JustEnjoying
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kamran [#26]

Eng, Urdu and Punjabi

add me to that list as well

#62
BruhhhXdddd
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Turkish English German

#63
delusional_paperrex_fan
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hiyo [#53]

feel like chinese canto and hokkien fall in the same category tbh they're just diff dialects

canto and hokkien is same writing but when speaking it its different

#64
kushcash0331
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English, Hindi, Urdu (lol)
It counts ig
Also Understand Punjabi from my mom's side and Marwari from my dad's side

#65
Sem1-
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Bo0mShell [#57]

It depends on where you live. I live in Maharashtra and shop names are written in either Marathi or both Marathi and English. Signs are mostly in both English and Marathi but sometimes it's just Marathi.
Pretty much same for every state.
For billboards, it just depends on what it is promoting

So theoretically you could drive to a different region and be unable to understand street signs?

#66
pokedyo
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english, kannada fluent
Hindi/french not fluent but can manage a conversation most of the time

#67
373washoooi
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English, Tagalog, Japanese (I don't know if N4/N3 counts)

#68
trola
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my hometown language, my university town language, my national language, my neighbor country language, and english. EZ 5 languages

#69
helohelo
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Tagalog, Bengali, English

#70
ragegrexo
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German, English and a little bit of spanish

#71
ssw
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Sem1- [#65]

So theoretically you could drive to a different region and be unable to understand street signs?

Yes ,not everyone understand Hindi
This is major flow of having 200+ languages in one country

#72
ssw
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FIreFistOM [#7]

English , Hindi , Marathi

Marathi gang gang

#73
Basilisk
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English,Hindi,Punjabi,French

#74
PlatOverlord
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Suka
Blyad
Idi nahui

#75
Crapycat
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English Hindi and Tamil

#76
CalypsoGHC
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I speak 4
German English French Spanish

#77
S0v4k
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My hometown language, English, Filipino, Basic Mandarin, and very small conversational Japanese

#78
Massbim
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This thread is not for na

#79
CalypsoGHC
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Massbim [#78]

This thread is not for na

Maybe only for Florida where all the Latinos live lmao

#80
Bo0mShell
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Sem1- [#65]

So theoretically you could drive to a different region and be unable to understand street signs?

It mostly happens only when you go to a village/town in other state

#81
punkwildebeest
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english catalan spanish and i can mooostly understand french and italian

#82
BLUMARS6
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Sem1- [#45]

Are you Chinese living in Poland or are you just learning it?

polish living in hong kong, learning chinese at school

#83
Darkzeccos
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arabic french english

#84
Darkzeccos
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trola [#68]

my hometown language, my university town language, my national language, my neighbor country language, and english. EZ 5 languages

international

#85
Neoseki
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Odia, Hindi, English.

#86
wkeyspectre
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english, chinese and french

#87
Chovymaker
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English German Turkish

#88
TSM_Shreyash
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Sem1- [#48]

I see, thanks! I just looked up Sanskrit and in the pictures it looked like Hindi to me and that guy said something about 1% so I was wondering if there's a big difference.

hindi was originated from sanskrit

#89
Riizwan19xx
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English,Malayalam,French.

#90
BoF7ooM
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redlight [#34]

English, Bangla, French (enough to read and write)

Bangladeshi living in canada?

#91
gtngodyorukingdestruction
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PT-BR, English and Italian (Basic)

#92
fxllpe
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Portuguese, english and spanish

#93
Johnny33
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sp3cbro [#41]

English, Hindi and Russian
(Rookie in Spanish and Portuguese)

Why tho you learned Russian?

#94
maximumszn
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English, French, Polish

#95
NajibRazak
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English,malay, mandarin,Abit of german

#96
Telextro_786
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english, arabic and urdu

#97
jblancard
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portuguese, french and english

#98
Gsus
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I speak many but main ones r English Chinese Spanish(I will be in brazil only for a year)

#99
i_Luv_Eimi_Fukada
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Thai,Thai and Thai 😁😁

#100
chloeburbank
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TMosura [#11]

Indonesian, English, conversational Filipino + Tagalog, conversational Sundanese

i tot it was sugondeez

#101
chloeburbank
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i_Luv_Eimi_Fukada [#99]

Thai,Thai and Thai 😁😁

i love thigs

#102
SnooTangerines
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Sem1- [#65]

So theoretically you could drive to a different region and be unable to understand street signs?

This is legit a good question.

Yes this happens.

People think hindi is like a unified language in India. This could not be further from the truth. I lived for a couple of years in Chennai and barely anyone spoke Hindi. All they spoke was Tamil and English. This is true for all the south Indian states (Chennai in Tamil Nadu speaks Tamil, Karnataka speaks Kannad, Telangana speak Telugu, Kerala speaks Malayalam). In essence, there are around 22 major languages in India and depending upon where you go you can literally face a language barrier in your same country!

Also, people in Puducherry (A small place in south India also speak Portuguese)

There is a friend in my university from South India and he only communicates in English cause he does not know Hindi.

So technically English is the only language that people all around India speak, all other languages are regional in nature.

#103
SnooTangerines
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bloodysky [#6]

English, Fiilipino, and a little bit of Spanish

Isn't there different dialects of the Filipino language or do you just prefer to call in "Filipino" as a collective?

#104
caoguo_jiu
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Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani and a little Korean and English

#105
Vividogre
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English,Hindi,Marathi and my local dialect of miz language

#106
SnooTangerines
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Sem1- [#43]

Does it differ a lot from Hindi?

It's kinda like how English French and German all use the same Roman script but are different languages.

Similarly, the script used for Hindi (Devnagri) is shared by Sanskrit, Nepali, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Maithili.

They have quite a lot of shared words but grammar and other rules are very different.

#107
ElPavlo
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English, Hungarian, Czech

#108
Bo0mShell
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Vividogre [#105]

English,Hindi,Marathi and my local dialect of miz language

What's miz?

#109
Origin
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english tamil german

#110
Monster_Of_Manila
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English,hindi,bengali (can only speak),can understand japanese and telugu

#111
Meghnad
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Hasbulla [#13]

I trust you, lol
I was tempted to say hindi and urdu, since the vocab is very similair

If you know Urdu, I don't think you will have any problems understanding Hindi since the spoken Hindi language borrows a lot of words from Urdu and the grammar is basically the same.

#112
Meghnad
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helohelo [#69]

Tagalog, Bengali, English

Damn, where did you learn Bengali from? I'm guessing you're from the Philippines?

#113
makoidk
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eng tagalog, soon to be spanish :))

#114
Meghnad
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Bo0mShell [#108]

What's miz?

They might have meant to say Mizo, not miz

#115
fontea
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English French German

#116
Nisham
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Nepali, Hindi and English
Might learn German/French and Mandarin in the future

#117
durum
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Spanish, Catalan, English, French, average Barcelona man

#118
helohelo
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Meghnad [#112]

Damn, where did you learn Bengali from? I'm guessing you're from the Philippines?

From the US, learned both languages from my parents

#119
Meghnad
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helohelo [#118]

From the US, learned both languages from my parents

Wow, nice!

#120
0_AwayFromKindness
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German and French being my foreign languages.Gujarati,Hindi and English being the native ones.

#121
Morettii
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spanish, english and currently learning portuguese

#122
ALEISTER
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Dutch and Turkish native.
English is foreign one.
Learning German

#123
kwe
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Morettii [#121]

spanish, english and currently learning portuguese

Olá!

#124
kwe
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This thread is full of smart ppl and I don't like it

#125
alubeN
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English, Malayalam and French

#126
Sem1-
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SnooTangerines [#102]

This is legit a good question.

Yes this happens.

People think hindi is like a unified language in India. This could not be further from the truth. I lived for a couple of years in Chennai and barely anyone spoke Hindi. All they spoke was Tamil and English. This is true for all the south Indian states (Chennai in Tamil Nadu speaks Tamil, Karnataka speaks Kannad, Telangana speak Telugu, Kerala speaks Malayalam). In essence, there are around 22 major languages in India and depending upon where you go you can literally face a language barrier in your same country!

Also, people in Puducherry (A small place in south India also speak Portuguese)

There is a friend in my university from South India and he only communicates in English cause he does not know Hindi.

So technically English is the only language that people all around India speak, all other languages are regional in nature.

oh I see, thanks for the explanation :)

#127
spookmeister
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English, Latin, and German

#128
big_chungus69
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English, Russian, Korean fluent

Can understand Kazakh to a decent extent but can only have extremely basic conversations in it

#129
Vortexy
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Fluent in English, Korean, Armenian

basic knowledge of Spanish (3 years in school)

#130
redlight
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BoF7ooM [#90]

Bangladeshi living in canada?

Yes? Immigration is a thing my guy.

#131
bloodysky
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SnooTangerines [#103]

Isn't there different dialects of the Filipino language or do you just prefer to call in "Filipino" as a collective?

We have different dialects based on different regions but the national language of our country is FIlipino

#132
kushcash0331
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Vividogre [#105]

English,Hindi,Marathi and my local dialect of miz language

You don't speak any South Asian languages bro, you're a fake flagger lmfao

#133
number1_MIBR_hater
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Portuguese, English and Spanish

#134
ZoldyK
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English , German , French

#135
Thomaslee
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Tamil,Chinese,malay

#136
Dr_DoofenshmirtZ
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eng, malayalam, hindi, sanskrit, tamil

#137
Bo0mShell
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kushcash0331 [#132]

You don't speak any South Asian languages bro, you're a fake flagger lmfao

Literally said Hindi and Marathi. U ok buddy?

#138
p0tsuz
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english , portuguese , spanish and chinese/japonese(still studying)

#139
Thomaslee
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p0tsuz [#138]

english , portuguese , spanish and chinese/japonese(still studying)

Keep getting at it bro 💪 sure you'll be able to learn Japonese soon👍👍

#140
kshah
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English, Spanish, Hindi, French

#141
Pocket
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English, Spanish, Chinese ( I want to learn German.)

#142
Thomaslee
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Pocket [#141]

English, Spanish, Chinese ( I want to learn German.)

Me 2...I want to communicate with hitler

#143
kzeriar
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fluent in portuguese and english
intermediate in spanish and german
and some basics in japanese, old tupi and my conlang

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