Which language would you learn?

[dreamer]

I'm new, so hi all. I have always loved languages so for me learning any language is good. But for practical purposes i am working on Spanish. I also agree with some of the other posters, that you need to be able to practice the language. For those that don't have locals that speak your target language there are websites that can connect you with some that do.

Some areas have high concentration of local speakers you can practice with and would be practical for jobs. In Houston, Texas I saw a lot of jobs that wanted Vietnamese. In Hawaii the jobs wanted Japanese. Many jobs around the country would like to see Spanish. Cantonese is generally what is spoken in most of the China Towns around the country.

I saw a study that one of the Texas universities did about languages needed in local businesses. I believe the languages needed were Spanish, German, Arabic and Chinese. If I find it again I'll post a link.

If you are looking at languages that use a different writing system, I believe both Arabic and Korean are phonetic.