Which BRIC+ Languages?
I'm planning on taking some language courses next year and am having issues deciding on which one to study. I'm currently fluent in Mandarin (more or less - not sure if anyone can truly be in terms of reading/writing without being a Chinese national) so my future no doubt points to Asia. That being said, I'd like to study a language that would be useful whether I stay in the US or go abroad to China, and to give me an extra boost on my resume.
I've been thinking a lot about BRIC languages - so Portuguese and Russian (ruling out India cuz everyone speaks English there anyway) - however I believe that Japanese or Korean may be more suited to my needs. I know people advise to study a language similar to one you already know so that you can be completely fluent - fluency usually trumps usefulness, etc. I guess I have the benefit of knowing both a Western and Asian language, so the only real stranger here would be Russian (kind of. It just seems cut out of a totally different mold to me). I personally love Japan and its culture, but I feel like Japanese is starting to become less useful in the finance world as the country's economy stagnates. Portuguese would be relatively easy, as I have a year or two of Spanish study under my belt. I'm leaning towards these two, but I'm very unsure.
What are your thoughts?
China and Chinese
indonesia and bahasa. it's a pretty easy language to learn for an english speaker
im going to assume you're trolling
i think this ultimately of the opinion as to whether or not you BELIEVE BRIC nations are going to be a thing i personally think india is a fucking joke, and russia, though resource rich, lacks the political and cultural climate to be a truly productive country
brazil may or may not become a thing, so i'd probably say portugese, given the fact that you already know chinese however, if you want to do something that will be rewarding on an personal level, i'd recommend japanese, since kanji characters are chinese, so it saves you a lot of work
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