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Questions tagged [multiple-languages]

Questions guided towards multiple languages, whether it be comparing them, using them in tandem, or questions about more than one language in general

This tag should only be used for questions involving multiple languages.

As long the main topic of the question involves multiple languages, this tag can be used. This is not limited to group of languages, such as the Romance languages. If the question is primarily centered around one language and the involvement of other languages is not significant, use the tag for that language instead ( for Spanish, tag for English, etc.)

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How was the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) list of language learning difficulty compiled?

There is a fairly standard ranking of the difficulty of learning various languages for English speakers, based primarily on its similarity to English. (Note: I've seen some contradictory information about the list). Some of them are fairly clear…
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How to maintain three foreign languages (polyglot)?

For the sake of this question, assume that you have reached CEFR level B2 (basic fluency) or higher in four languages (one of which is your L1). What sort of daily/weekly techniques and time commitments are needed to maintain your three foreign…
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Is there any common approach to learning programming and foreign human language?

Is there any common in approaches to learning foreign language and programming language? Both machine and human languages have common structure: syntax, vocabulary and rules. Can we expect that a man, who knows several foreign languages would learn…
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Is it possible to learn many languages at the same time and become fluent in all of them?

I think the answer would be yes for the first part of my question, but I am not sure what it would be if we seek fluency in all languages that we learn at the same time (maybe 2 or 3 languages).
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Is there a known limit to how many languages a person can be fluent in?

I wonder this because I'm not sure whether it'd be too hard to separate all the languages at a certain point.
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Is it possible to understand what person in front is saying in different language, but yet cannot speak it

In many TV Shows and movies I've watched, person A is saying something in language X, and person B understands it, but cannot speak language X. I looked this up on the Internet and found an article about this. Is it really possible that one can…
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Is there any vocabularies or best practices for a technical support how to communicate in multiple languages?

I am a technical support engineer. My mother tongue is not English, I still write and speak with a lot of mistakes, constantly improving my English skill, please do not judge me strictly ;) In my job I have to communicate with people around the…
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What are the most widespread languages besides English, Spanish, and French?

A great inspiration for some language learners is to be able to speak to a large number or wide range of people in more than one country. To that end, a language learner may want to know which languages (besides the obvious English, Spanish, and…
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Using Multiple Languages in your Daily Life or Job

What are some ways that you can include the languages you have learned in your daily life and job? and what are some job where you could apply all the languages you know? I know spanish(native), english, portuguese, some french, and some chinese.
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How many languages did Vera F. Birkenbihl know?

Vera F. Birkenbihl (she insisted on the "F.", which stands for Felicitas) was a German management trainer and author. She coined the term "gehirn-gerechtes lernen" as a translation of "brain-friendly learning". She wrote several books about language…
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How to render proper names having a hidden overtone in their semantic structure as it has essential meaning for prose fiction?

Should a translator create a new name using a potential of the target language and save its meaning, or omit this feature applying method of traditional transliteration?
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Is there data on number of people who do not speak a particular language, or none out of a group of languages?

Similar to this question (What are the most common languages among people who DON'T speak English?), is there any data on individuals who do not speak a language (or none of multiple languages), or data on how many people speak which combination of…
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