what language should i start to learn?

[James Kyllo]

It's no guarantee that the writers are good, but here are top 25
languages that users of LibraryThing own works by in translation.  The
first five make sense to me if good literature is the criterion.

French (208,442), German (156,109), Japanese (111,324), Spanish
(67,207), Russian (61,811), Italian (59,083), Greek (Ancient)
(51,755), Latin (37,205), Portuguese (19,152), Swedish (16,572),
Chinese (15,486), Dutch (15,276), Multiple languages (12,910),
Norwegian (12,295), Hebrew (11,094), Danish (10,511), Czech (9,872),
English (Middle) (9,463), Polish (8,272), Arabic (7,092), Old English
(4,249), Sanskrit (3,567), Finnish (2,840), Persian (2,770), Greek
(2,684)

On 4/13/07, bob mccart <lebishar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Strange question for this list: I speak only English, but have the
> opportunity, being in college, to study a language and travel to a place
> that speaks that language. There's nothing holding me to any language, but I
> have no way of deciding. Arabic is an option. German? What language has a
> lot of good writers? German just for Kafka, but did any other good
> literature come out of the German language?Thanks
>


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