Which is your most favorite and least favorite language?

[Dorian Gray]

Favourite languages; 1. French. 2. Italian 3. English.

I also love Spanish though. I think it's a very sensual language. Just like Italian and French. Also a fan of Russian, Romanian and Gaelic.

Least favourite language; German (though Austrian German is lovely indeed. Nena doesn't speak it though so I don't get that example).

[Bastet]

What can I say? I am from Spain, I've been speaking Spanish all my life and teaching it for a good while, and I love it. I admit that the grammar is not as easy to learn as that of other languages because the verb conjugations are more complex, but I still love it. Just like every other romance language, Spanish is a very rich language, and something that makes it even richer is the influence of Arabic in it.
When it comes to pronunciation, I think that it is a very smooth language, nothing like more gutural languages that make my throat sore, and it is easy to read because the general rule is that every letter is always read in the same way, which takes away most of the guessing that takes place when trying to read languages like German or even English, which I also like despite the fact that they're completely different from Spanish. I tend to take difference as a good thing, and I admit that, even if German pronunciation is not my favorite, the fact that it still has the old Germanic declinations makes it very valuable and interesting from a linguistic point of view.

I've heard many times that Spanish people are loud or that they talk loudly, and I wish I could see the whole thing from the other side to be able to realize what it is that make people say that, because I've been Spanish all my life and I hardly raise my voice. But, like I said, I admit that being involved in the "loudness" makes me deaf to it! hahaha!

I don't have any least favorite languages. As a linguist I've learned something from every different language I've studied. And the ones that I don't understand I can't criticize.

by the way, interesting thread, Fisherwoman!

[soulsistachick]

My most favourite language ever is SPANISH!!! and my most disliked language is Japanese

[SleepyWitch]

Sea. I don't like Spanish and Italian much, because the articulation of speech sounds sounds very "hard" to me, and everywhere I came across any native speaker, there was usually a great deal of shouting involved, and I prefer it quiet .[/I]
I had a Spanish housemate in England who was like this. Whenever her friends came to pick her up, they wouldn't ring the bell but stood outside the house and shouted "Lauuuurrrrra!" up to the first floor where she lived.

I like the language anyway, though
My fave language is English and I especially like the Welsh accent and intonation, but all kinds of British English and Scotish accents are great too
I also like American English, but there are some American accents I don't like too much.
The funniest language I've encountered so far is Norwegian because it sounds like a mix of German, Old English and modern English and is just fun to learn
As for least favourite, I don't really have any. I could never learn French but I like listening to it anyway.

[Helga]

There are so many beautiful languages, but I have to say that ever since I read Macbeth I have loved English, it dosen't matter were you are in the UK you can always find that great accent! I also love German, I'm learning to speak it and can read a simple text and just everything about it is beautiful.
My least fav would be Filipenes... my frind speaks it and I can't say I enjoy it much...

I saw someone said his fav was Icelandic so I want to encourage EVERYONE to learn my language, cause it is beautiful and you would be amazed by all the beautiful literature we have. Throughout the centuries, beautiful poetry and great novels

[SleepyWitch]

hehe, Helga I'd love to learn Icelandic! will you teach me and I'll help you with your German?

[carina_gino20]

my favorites would be:

1. filipino - my mother tongue. For me, it's very complete and also quite flexible. one of my non-filipino friends once commented that it sounds musical, although my friend's boyfriend who is Malaysian says we sound like talking ducks...lol.

2. spanish - it just sounds very romantic and well, i guess it's the spanish influence in the philippines that makes me really want to learn it.

3. english! - can't do away with it.

i'm not very fond of the sound of vietnamese language.

[Taliesin]

Hmmm.
We like:
Estonian, of course.
The Sami (Lappish) languages. Like Finnish, but sounds even more arhaic.
Irish and other celtic languages. Guess you can see it from our screen-name. Welsh seems quite flowing, but Irish on the other hand, short with lots on throat consonants. It just has a very nice sound.
Old greek sounds also nice and interesting.

We don't like Russian very much. Seems like orcish or something like that, but the reason for it, we think is the Estonian Russian community. It forms quite a large part of the general population, but the crime rate is higher among the russians here and the ones that show out most are the young ones that talk very loudly and use a lot of swearwords and tend to be aggressive. (russian probably has a separate word class for swearwords, like among nouns, verbs, adjectives. It has so large a variety of them)

[maurrutiac]

Hello. I´m María angélica. I'm from Chile. I´m a teacher of English and I enyoy reading classics with my students.

[Mortis Anarchy]

I'm Mexican so Spanish, actually all of the romance languages. I'm learning Portuguese and German. Arabic, Russian...even though its pretty harsh.

[BobbyMacG]

..................Arabic................
No translation of the Qur'an, however faithful to the meaning, has ever been fully successful. Arabic when expertly used is a remarkably terse, rich and forceful language and the Arabic of the Qur'an is by turns striking, soaring, vivid, terrible, tender and breathtaking.

Reference: "Islam" edited by John Alden Williams George Braziller NY 1962

........................Arabic.................
a remarkably terse, rich and forcefull language.

[vheissu]

I've always loved French...I've started lessons this year, though it might take me quite some time to learn it (classes r only once a week!! )
I quite like the other 3 I speak, greek, italian and english. Spanish (know a bit of it) and Arabic are also nice languages...
Can't really think of any I dislike....personally, it's overdragged, high pitched,false accents and intonations which hurt my poor, poor ears. Especially when in english!

[Niamh]

Is mise Niamh agus Is maith liom Gaeilge.
I'm Niamh and i like Irish
Shame i cant remember much of it though
I think Swedish is a beautiful language. i'm not sure if i like polish though. I work with a lot of polish people and it just sounds like they're constantly telling each other to shush.

[cuppajoe_9]

hehe, Helga I'd love to learn Icelandic! will you teach me and I'll help you with your German?

http://icelandic.hi.is/

That's a good start. It's a bit like going to school and learning it, which turns me off a bit, but it's got good soundbites and such, although it's a bit hard to use, as all the buttons are labeled in Icelandic.

I have a few more links I can post if you're interested.

[SleepyWitch]

thanks cuppa I've registered will look at it next week
soundbites are a plus