I'm sort of surprised by this. Doesn't Finnish have a level of mutual comprehensibility with Estonian?jute wrote:Had three semesters on it, should've been at A2 level by then, yet due to lacking diligence I probably couldn't even properly introduce myself
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What languages do you speak?
Re: What languages do you speak?
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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Re: What languages do you speak?
Maybe I would be better in it if I had more exposure to both Finnish and Estonian, but as it stands, I'm now normally only there for a month a year, and otherwise speak only to my mother in Estonian and don't really come across Finnish much at all in daily life outside of the Fenno-Scandinavian institute, so I just didn't have many chances or reasons to ever practice it much, aside from exams.Shemtov wrote:I'm sort of surprised by this. Doesn't Finnish have a level of mutual comprehensibility with Estonian?jute wrote:Had three semesters on it, should've been at A2 level by then, yet due to lacking diligence I probably couldn't even properly introduce myself
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(Also didn't really try as hard in the lessons as I could have... motivation seems to be a problem with me when it comes to the actual learning process, seems like I sometimes enjoy learning about a language more :P )
Jutean: Hawaiian phonology meets Tagalog, with English ergativity and Mandarin tenselessness added.
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Information on Juteans and their homeland
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Information on Juteans and their homeland
Re: What languages do you speak?
I'm the same way. I must have changed the languages I'm learning like 5 times in the last 6 months.jute wrote: (Also didn't really try as hard in the lessons as I could have... motivation seems to be a problem with me when it comes to the actual learning process, seems like I sometimes enjoy learning about a language more :P )
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
-JRR Tolkien
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Re: What languages do you speak?
Well, yes and no, IME. It's helped by the fact that a lot of Estonians have learned at least some Finnish, and a lot of Finns know at least something about Estonian (in the form of jokes or amusing anecdotes about false friends or whatever, if nothing else), so it's easy to find some common ground between speakers. At least if you stick to fairly simple sentences and gesticulate helpfully... Try to discuss anything more complicated and you're going to run into insurmountable differences in vocabulary (that having been borrowed mostly from different sources for over a thousand years) fairly quickly.Shemtov wrote:I'm sort of surprised by this. Doesn't Finnish have a level of mutual comprehensibility with Estonian?jute wrote:Had three semesters on it, should've been at A2 level by then, yet due to lacking diligence I probably couldn't even properly introduce myself
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So yeah, for someone who's rarely exposed to one or both of the languages, I'd imagine it'd be rather difficult.
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:ces: Czech (elementary)
:heb: Hebrew (elementary)

Otherwise interested in Arabic-Afrikaans, Proto-Indo-European, and Old English. Yiddish and Zulu are at the top of my languages-to-learn list.
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Just thinking about a Yiddish-Zulu conlang
Something Zulu-ish derived from Yiddish? A Yiddish-Zulu creole? So many possibilities![O.o [O.o]](./images/smilies/icon_eh2.png)
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Something Zulu-ish derived from Yiddish? A Yiddish-Zulu creole? So many possibilities
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Re: What languages do you speak?
English. Learning Old Norse, although it's difficult since I have no Old Norse or at least Icelandic speakers around me.
I've been through the US indoctrination err education system and was forced 10 years of Spanish. The only thing that resulted in was me having an intense irrational hatred for romance languages, and I hadn't learnt any Spanish.
I've been through the US indoctrination err education system and was forced 10 years of Spanish. The only thing that resulted in was me having an intense irrational hatred for romance languages, and I hadn't learnt any Spanish.
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Re: What languages do you speak?
That thought did not cross my mindCreyeditor wrote:Just thinking about a Yiddish-Zulu conlang![]()
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Something Zulu-ish derived from Yiddish? A Yiddish-Zulu creole? So many possibilities
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:cym: Very basic.

I can read cyrillic script, hiragana, katakana, a handful of kanji and, of course, Latin script.
Re: What languages do you speak?
I could've needed some help from you when I had to throw together a presentation on Welsh English last year.Sglod wrote:(Welsh Marches drawl) Native
Languages of Rodentèrra: Buonavallese, Saselvan Argemontese; Wīlandisċ Taulkeisch; More on the road.
Conlang embryo of TELES: Proto-Avesto-Umbric ~> Proto-Umbric
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Conlang embryo of TELES: Proto-Avesto-Umbric ~> Proto-Umbric
New blog: http://argentiusbonavalensis.tumblr.com
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Planning to learn some conlangs someday soon, though...
Re: What languages do you speak?
English Native
Farsi Fluent (ILR1 3)
Dari Intermediate (ILR 2)
Korean Intermediate (ILR 1+)
French Intermediate (the Belgian variety) (ILR 1+)
German Basic (ILR 1)
1 ILR = Interagency Language Roundtable, a US government organization that developed a numbering system to ascertain a person's level of fluency in a given language
Farsi Fluent (ILR1 3)
Dari Intermediate (ILR 2)
Korean Intermediate (ILR 1+)
French Intermediate (the Belgian variety) (ILR 1+)
German Basic (ILR 1)
1 ILR = Interagency Language Roundtable, a US government organization that developed a numbering system to ascertain a person's level of fluency in a given language
http://lortho.conlang.org
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Re: What languages do you speak?
English: native
Esperanto: conversational
West frisian: almost conversational
Dutch: basic
Brazilian Portuguese: basic
Esperanto: conversational
West frisian: almost conversational
Dutch: basic
Brazilian Portuguese: basic
Re: What languages do you speak?
Wow! Best I can do is Late West Saxon...kinkinkijkin wrote:West frisian: almost conversational
Languages of Rodentèrra: Buonavallese, Saselvan Argemontese; Wīlandisċ Taulkeisch; More on the road.
Conlang embryo of TELES: Proto-Avesto-Umbric ~> Proto-Umbric
New blog: http://argentiusbonavalensis.tumblr.com
Conlang embryo of TELES: Proto-Avesto-Umbric ~> Proto-Umbric
New blog: http://argentiusbonavalensis.tumblr.com
Re: What languages do you speak?
English English: Native
French: I got a B in my GCSE, but I'm far from conversational and it takes me a minute to construct a couple of sentences.
Japanese: Complete beginner. I understand the phonology and can remember half of the kana, but no kanji. I can have small-talk, but really nothing else yet. I'm looking into getting proper lessons.
With both French and Japanese, if someone just said any odd sentence, I normally put on this face:![O.O [O.O]](./images/smilies/icon_eek2.png)
French: I got a B in my GCSE, but I'm far from conversational and it takes me a minute to construct a couple of sentences.
Japanese: Complete beginner. I understand the phonology and can remember half of the kana, but no kanji. I can have small-talk, but really nothing else yet. I'm looking into getting proper lessons.
With both French and Japanese, if someone just said any odd sentence, I normally put on this face:
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Re: What languages do you speak?






At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Re: What languages do you speak?
It's been years since I last posted here.
English - Native.
German - Four years of formal study.
Spanish - Four years of formal study.
French - One year of formal study.
Finnish - One year of formal study (and counting).
For the languages that are spoken in multiple countries, I tried to use the flags that best represent the dialects I speak/have studied.





For the languages that are spoken in multiple countries, I tried to use the flags that best represent the dialects I speak/have studied.
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Re: What languages do you speak?
Don't think I've ever posted a substantive answer here
(English) - Native, as good as a native can
(Spanish) - I've been learning for 6 years, but I have a low command over the vocabulary and grammar
(Sardinian) - Hah lol. I know a couple of words and some grammar, but there's virtually no way I could communicate in Sardinian
(Hindi) - Completely passive. I can understand some phrases read to me, with some problems in comprehension. I cannot read Devanagari. I cannot speak or create sentences in Hindi
(Gujarati) - Completely passive. I can understand some phrases read to me, with some problems in comprehension. I cannot read the Gujarati script. I cannot speak or create sentences in Gujarati
Basically I'm a monolingual American.![:( [:(]](./images/smilies/icon_sad2.png)





Basically I'm a monolingual American.
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Re: What languages do you speak?
Same.qwed117 wrote:Basically I'm a monolingual American.
Playing the biggest game of Chinese telephone is fun.