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I speak seven languages. It's easy to see why English got so popular so fast. It is an extremely simple language compared to others and even though it is ambiguous in certain cases, most languages have ambiguity here and there.

Talented English speakers can at least get rid of most ambiguity by themselves, which is something a lot of other languages don't have.

My actual favourite language so far is Swedish. Is it much more raw than English, has less overall ambiguity and has a beautiful ring to it. It is also very easy for a skilled English speaker to pick up and I would recommend it if you are interested in languages. (It also gives you German for free)

[imartin2k]

Yep I agree, I love the Swedish language too. It is so much simpler than German actually, and I experience the Swedes being capable of a "simple" way of thinking (in a good sense) that I never witness with Germans.

[tormeh]

>(It also gives you German for free)

That's like saying that learning English gives you French for free. It really helps, but it hardly gives you the entire language for free, just a significant chunk of it.

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English does not even sort of give you French for free. It does give you Spanish (and Italian, to an extent) for free though. And I speak of all this from experience.

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Oops, I meant French gives you Spanish for free, of course.