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rjw · 4002 days ago · link · · parent · post: Spinoff Discussion: Can human languages vary in effectiveness when communicating specific ideas, feelings, topics, etc.
Which language would best complement English, then? Imagine you're a monolingual English speaker, which other language would expose you to the most different ideas, feelings, etc? My guess is that it would be the language of the culture that is least similar to yours. What do you all think about this?
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JackTheBandit · 4002 days ago · link ·
I've suspected this personally. Something about Japanese language and its culture is so expressive to me.
JackTheBandit · 4002 days ago · link ·
Well I think its like oky said, having a cultural expansion within languages may be most optimal. So you have to learn the base of English, Spanish, French, etc., but then it is required that you learn the cultures which have grown in/around/with it to communicate correctly. It's a daunting task as an adult, but not as a child.
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