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Is Italian an important language these days?
Not to mention Spanish, is Italian more important than Portuguese in Europe and Portuguese is more important than Italian in Latin America?
Guest Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:42 pm GMT
in France, the most studied is spanish
No, buddy, in France the most studied language is English and Spanish is the second.
in France, the most studied is spanish
No, buddy, in France the most studied language is English and Spanish is the second.
The lingua fracae of the western world are English and Castilian. Italian, French, Portuguese and Romanian are insignificant in this regard.
Chinese, with Italian you can only communicate with some 70 million people in Italy, Switzerland, parts of Slovenia, and very small immigrant communities in America. With Castilian you can communicate with 600 million people in many countries. After English, Castilian is a obvious choice of a language to learn, especially if you live in the west. With Portuguese, a language that is mutually intelligible with Castilian, that number reaches nearly 1 billion people worldwide that you can communicate with in many countries across many continente.
Chinese, with Italian you can only communicate with some 70 million people in Italy, Switzerland, parts of Slovenia, and very small immigrant communities in America. With Castilian you can communicate with 600 million people in many countries. After English, Castilian is a obvious choice of a language to learn, especially if you live in the west. With Portuguese, a language that is mutually intelligible with Castilian, that number reaches nearly 1 billion people worldwide that you can communicate with in many countries across many continente.
Mcat
<<With Castilian you can communicate with 600 million people in many countries.>>
<<With Portuguese, a language that is mutually intelligible with Castilian, that number reaches nearly 1 billion people worldwide that you can communicate with in many countries across many continente.>>
Accurate Answer should be as follows:
Spanish: 400 millions approximately
Portuguese: 200 millions approximately
Total: 600 millions approximately (based on the mutual intelligibilty of Spanish & Portuguese)
<<With Castilian you can communicate with 600 million people in many countries.>>
<<With Portuguese, a language that is mutually intelligible with Castilian, that number reaches nearly 1 billion people worldwide that you can communicate with in many countries across many continente.>>
Accurate Answer should be as follows:
Spanish: 400 millions approximately
Portuguese: 200 millions approximately
Total: 600 millions approximately (based on the mutual intelligibilty of Spanish & Portuguese)
Mcat, stop elogiating english, the other languages as you might know have influenced english too.
What is an 'important' language anyway?
I think that in order to answer your question you should first decide a criterion for 'being important'.
Words can be very ambiguous, and 'important' is ambiguos indeed if you don't explicitly state what you mean by it.
There are objective criteria.
For example, an important language might be:
the most spoken language in the world, by native speakers.
the most influential (this also is quite ambiguous)
the most widespread (the number of countries where it is spoken)
add yours......
But I think subjective criteria are more important.
If i had a Brazilian girlfriend, then surely portoguese would be very important for me!
And if you are personally interested in fashion, art or renaissance history then surely Italian would be an important language for you to study.
just my 2 cents.
I think that in order to answer your question you should first decide a criterion for 'being important'.
Words can be very ambiguous, and 'important' is ambiguos indeed if you don't explicitly state what you mean by it.
There are objective criteria.
For example, an important language might be:
the most spoken language in the world, by native speakers.
the most influential (this also is quite ambiguous)
the most widespread (the number of countries where it is spoken)
add yours......
But I think subjective criteria are more important.
If i had a Brazilian girlfriend, then surely portoguese would be very important for me!
And if you are personally interested in fashion, art or renaissance history then surely Italian would be an important language for you to study.
just my 2 cents.
Luca
Thank you very much!
If most spoken: must be Portuguese
If most widespread: must be Portuguese
But if most influential: which one then?
Thank you very much!
If most spoken: must be Portuguese
If most widespread: must be Portuguese
But if most influential: which one then?
and if the criteria is economic and national power, then which one between Italian and Portuguese?
The most studied foreign language in the States by far is Spanish. French is second, far ahead of German. As for Italian, it is currently in fourth place, but will probably be passed by American Sign Language(!) soon. Japanese and Chinese are coming up fast.
http://www.vistawide.com/languages/us_languages.htm
http://www.vistawide.com/languages/us_languages.htm
In a European context, Italian is definitely a more significant language than Portuguese, since Italy is the fourth post powerful country in the European Union, whilst Portgugal is much smaller and is less wealthy. In my experience, few Europeans learn Portuguese unless they can already speak Spanish or have a particular interest in or connection with either Portugal or Brazil. It's certainly not a language which one just happens to end up learning here.
I'd put Italian and Spanish on an equal footing in Europe because, although Italy has a larger population and (slightly) greater wealth than Spain, Spanish is learned as a foreign language by far more people.
I'd put Italian and Spanish on an equal footing in Europe because, although Italy has a larger population and (slightly) greater wealth than Spain, Spanish is learned as a foreign language by far more people.
Just my 2 cents :
Learn simply the language that you like more, you might attracted by extreme duttility that modern (Ancient too) greek has got, the incisivity of the romance language, or for example the chinese syntax, very logic indeed, with the topic promence word vs subject and other stuff, or perhaps the germanic languages, i like personally danish that is the less harsh of them......
Learn simply the language that you like more, you might attracted by extreme duttility that modern (Ancient too) greek has got, the incisivity of the romance language, or for example the chinese syntax, very logic indeed, with the topic promence word vs subject and other stuff, or perhaps the germanic languages, i like personally danish that is the less harsh of them......
Comparing Italian with Portuguese:
Most spoken by native speakers: Portuguese
Most spoken as a second language: Portuguese? (NOT SURE.)
Most widespread: Portuguese
Most useful for jobs / job opportunities: Portuguese? (Again not sure, but probably Brazil has more job opportunities to offer than Italy. I have never heard any job requiring these languages either.)
With most economic power: Portuguese? (Italy ranks 8th with the largest GDP and Brazil 9th... but GDP doesn't measure economic power, so I guess Portuguese is more important.)
With most political power: Portuguese (Although, neither of them are languages of the UN.)
Most spoken by native speakers: Portuguese
Most spoken as a second language: Portuguese? (NOT SURE.)
Most widespread: Portuguese
Most useful for jobs / job opportunities: Portuguese? (Again not sure, but probably Brazil has more job opportunities to offer than Italy. I have never heard any job requiring these languages either.)
With most economic power: Portuguese? (Italy ranks 8th with the largest GDP and Brazil 9th... but GDP doesn't measure economic power, so I guess Portuguese is more important.)
With most political power: Portuguese (Although, neither of them are languages of the UN.)