learn to speak another language -- any language!
Snobby monoliguist 3 years ago

I feel snobby about only knowing one language. Mike can read and/or speak 7, though half of them are “dead.” But to learn, I need to immerse or at least practice every day and that’s not happening right now.



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well...

not klingon!

Irish is far from dead, and reviving

Would you consider learning it, and helping in its revival?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/irish/blas/learners/beag1/lesson1.shtml

No answer... Okay, how about Dinka?

Let me challenge you. Today, in Darfur, millions of people risk starvation, risk death or rape by marauding militias. Within the boundaries of Sudan, they don’t qualify to be given the relief accorded refugees, yet they are very much refugees from the villages which have been devastated by the Janjaweed.
Consider learning Dinka:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Kudual+%2BDinka&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

And if not Dinka, there are dozens of other languages which might prove both fascinating and useful, such as ki-Swahili, Hutu, Tutsi, many Congo languages and dialects, ci-Chewa, or its variant Niyanja, Xhosa, one of the many Bantu languages… The list goes on and on. Go ahead and start one, I dare you!


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