If I could only learn one additional language, and I wanted to travel the world, what language would serve me best other than English or Spanish?

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Depends on the route you want to take while traveling. For example, if you want to circumnavigate in a sailboat through the tropics, French is a great choice because France includes a bunch of tropical islands:

    French is also widely spoken in Africa, IIRC.

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      10 months ago

      There are more French speakers in Africa than there are in France and the French Language Authority is absolutley SEETHING at this fact because they’re losing control over “proper French” and for the first time ever French is evolving like a language should