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Other than English and Spanish, what would be a very useful language to learn? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If I could only learn one additional language, and I wanted to travel the world, what language would serve me best other than English or Spanish?

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I mean, most of the world's population lives in China. So Mandarin would be a good candidate.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago

More like a quarter.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

while China is the second biggest country in terms of population, India has the biggest population. For the majority of the world (>4 billion) to live somewhere, you'd have to take a circle with a diameter from roughly Ulaanbatar to Makassar, and draw it.