TPPDJT wrote:As an American I obviously speak english, but I can also speak a bit of Latvian, Russian, German, and Spanish. The Spanish is coming along well, but I haven't bothered to continue learning any of the previous 3.
The Baltic languages have intrigued me for a long time. Supposedly, they are the most archaic branch of the Indo-European family. I don't think that I would be able (or willing) to actually learn any of them though.
In fact, my main objective in studying languages isn't usually to actually be able to speak. I'm more interested in grammar and linguistics as a science. For this reason, the more obscure and alien a language is, the more it will interest me.
The closest I've come to attaining actual speaking proficiency in a foreign language (aside from English, French and German, which I studied in school) would be Old Norse/Icelandic, and that's only because I have an interest in norse mythology.