People don't seem to have much to say in this group - maybe waiting to see how it turns out? Anybody else love languages simply qua languages? I love Finnish - such a silly language somehow, having to make all their words out of not enough letters. I don't speak or understand a word of it but that doesn't stop me liking to see it. I have been a TESL teacher for many years, among other things so I am a bit of a grammar addict.
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I minored in Spanish and studied quite a bit of Old English back in college, I have since experimented with a few others. My favorite language learning attempt was Arabic. My friend and I attempted to learn Arabic without a tutor or native speaker to guide us. We failed in the most hilarious ways - mostly it was the pronunciation (and the cursive version of the alphabet) that got us. We actually still learned quite a lot and gained an even deeper appreciation of the language. But for now it's back to studying Spanish for me and Japanese for her until we can find an MSA teacher/tutor. 
sc62
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July 10, 2018
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Well done for trying!I have been tempted to try one of the 'curly' languages, just for fun, though I think maybe Thai looks easier - at least the letters seem to be easier to write.
I'm trying to learn German, but at 74 I seem to have lost the language ability I had earlier in life. I had no trouble learning French. Spanish. Russian, in my youth, but now it seems to have dropped away. I shall keep trying though - I love the German language.
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