Languages of the World

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Choosing a language to learn is usually settled by whichever app was advertised most recently, which is how everybody ends up doing the same three. Draw one and spend a week on ten words and the writing system. That is enough to find out whether the shape of it appeals to you, which matters more over three years than any ranking of usefulness. Forty languages across every major family. Teachers use the draw for culture projects where each student takes a different one.