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It will be much enjoyable to add smileys in my posts. I love to talk with emotions so this will accommodate my non verbal communication. Thanks a lot for this addition :kiss:

This question sound very interesting too! I have learned that languages have genealogy like human consanguinity relationship does which we call 'family tree'. Learning from this idea of language similarities (or differences) we can assume that some languages sound similarly if they fall below the same language family. However, they sound differently if they aren't. Languages sound similarly and its so fun and easy to learn language if the new language is similar to the first language learned. In the Philippines, the sounds of the English language is similar to the sounds of Tagalog/Filipino but to learn German, Russian or French will be more challenging. Languages sound differently perhaps will depend on reception of the listeners but for keen observers, the sounds may just be the similar if not the same. The human language has the common vowels and consonant sounds but some combinations of them vary in pronunciation. Here in the Philippines, we have 'ng' consonant combination pronounced as 'nang' like 'sang' in English. 'V' consonant for German language is pronounced as 'f' like in volkswagen. Whatever it is, the bottomline is that we need to learn the similarities and differences of language when we will try to learn it. Happy thoughts everyone!

Here in the Philippines, language learning is vital for occupational purposes. I am currently teaching language skills like reading, writing, speaking and listening to tertiary students. Primarily, college students learn a foreign language for occupational or professional pursuits. The university that I am currently employed offers Mandarin, French and Nihonggo lessons. In my case, I had an attempt to learn Mandarin by purchasing booklets and CDs on the basic of Mandarin. It was hard to learn by myself because Mandarin is a new language to me. The sounds are kind of awkward and it feels like 'alien' I never succeeded actually in learning it because I need more help. Mandarin and other foreign languages are useful for professional growth. We get jobs, one because of our capability to communicate with a particular language of the community. It is an edge for applicants to be knowledgeable and verbiage on the preferred language of his workplace.