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Hi /lit/. I am a native spanish speaker, and I am fluent in english, and currently learning french and russian. I want to have a 5th language, mainly to be able to read original.I am between italian or arabic (I know i should choose chinese or japanese but i really dont like those languages).
What do you recommend?

>> No.2770202

>(I know i should choose chinese or japanese
why do you think that?

I would suggest italian because it would be easier than learning arabic and the literature would probably be more accessible than arabic lit. do you already read stuff by italian and arabic speaking authors?

>> No.2770200

Japanese you fucking wimp. Step up.

>> No.2770205

Spanish is also my native tongue, I talk fluent english and currently learning french. I will go with German after.

>> No.2770210

But why don't you just focus on learning french and russian? Also, I think german is way more useful than italian or arabic.

>> No.2770295

>>2770194
If you're dead set on it, I would go with Italian, but TBH: Latin will be easier to learn. If you want a challenge, I'd go with Arabic (Urdu or Pashtu?), but again, TBH, Russian is spoken in most places where Arabic is spoken.

I'd go with Hindi, or Mandarin/Cantonese if I had that capacity for languages.

>>2770200
If there was something worth reading that was written in Japanese, I'd agree with you.

>> No.2770521

is there any good arabian lit? Couse I heard it's a very simple language, I want to know if it's worth it...

>> No.2770541

It's not fair. I want to be a polyglot too.

>> No.2770565

>>2770541
We all want to. We all.

>> No.2770587

Ok, goddammit, op here. I just had a little change in my view. Know I'm between arabic and farsi...

Arabic is far more spoken, and, as far as I know, has better and more literature.

But farsi is SO much easier, I think it is the easiest language ever.

So, any opinion about that, /lit/? (btw, can you recommend me some good arabic/farsi literature? I have checked the farsi/persian lit on the sticky, but there is no arabic).

>> No.2770588

Something not Indo-European, and useful.

So Arabic or Chinese.

>> No.2770593

>>2770587
If you learn Farsi you can read Sufi poetry, which probably makes it 100% worthwhile.

>> No.2770607

>>2770587

Persian literature is waaaay better bro. Learn it.

>> No.2770626

bump

>> No.2770701

>So, any opinion about that, /lit/? (btw, can you recommend me some good arabic/farsi literature? I have checked the farsi/persian lit on the sticky, but there is no arabic).

bump for that.

>> No.2772010

bump

>> No.2772021

>>2770295
>latin
>easier than italian

>> No.2772042

arabic is surprisingly easy to learn for a native spanish speaker, of course italian is easier but still...

la estructura de las frases y los generos son practicamente identicos en arabe y en español, la pronunciacion a excepcion de unos cuantos sonidos es sumamente facil, lo mas complicado del arabe es el sistema de escritura (no dificil de aprender per-se pero un poco complicado al leer, ya que se omiten en muchos casos las vocales y muchos caracteres se parecen)

>> No.2772046

Italianfag here. Dammit, you're a native spanish speaker: learn italian. In a year of intense study you will reach a really good mastery of the language, it's pretty similar to spanish.

>> No.2772077

Nothing worthwhile has been written in Arabic in the last 800 or so years. For reading purposes learn German; a vast array of literary masterpieces are available to you and it'll be easy after learning English.