Ailcua Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Do you ever challenge yourself and learn a rare language like Basque or Icelandic? I think this would be really fun. Basque is a language with unknown origins and is mostly used in Northern Spain and Southern France, while Icelandic has a very archaic and is basically spoken by around 330,000 people in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schadenfreude Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'm interested in Icelandic because of how little it's changed over time. Native speakers can almost understand Old Norse. I'm also interested in Romanian. But there fewer resources for rare languages. I like Duolingo as a starting point and they don't have an Icelandic course yet. And I can't find much to read in either language compared to how many books are on Amazon in Spanish/French/German/etc. So I'm interested, but it's just harder with less to go on. DSM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliakz Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I wanted to learn Icelandic for a while. To me, it is not very "rare", since I am Swedish and the languages are quite similar (but different enough for me to hardly ever understand someone speaking/writing in Icelandic). Since Icelandic is the most similar to the Old Norse, that was the main reason for my interest in the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renatagrabowska Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 Probably Zhuang, Yi and Hmong. These are all East Asian minority languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 where did you find resources for these languages? I've looked everywhere and i can barely find any resources for Zhuang, which i'm interested in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingwave Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 I learned a bit of Basque, and the only way to do that was to talk with someone from the Basque Country. If you are trying to learn a minority language like that, you probably have to reach out to people that actually speak the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWL Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 I've been dabbling in Navajo and Warlpiri for a few years now. Both are quite complex and significantly different from more familiar European and Asian languages. Let me know if you want to know more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, BWL said: I've been dabbling in Navajo and Warlpiri for a few years now. Both are quite complex and significantly different from more familiar European and Asian languages. Let me know if you want to know more! WOW, BWL is back! What an honor. WELCOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWL Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just now, linguaholic said: WOW, BWL is back! What an honor. WELCOME! Hi! thank you, the honor is mine Was terribly busy these past couple of years. How are you doing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just now, BWL said: Hi! thank you, the honor is mine Was terribly busy these past couple of years. How are you doing ? I am doing fine! I had a hard time these past couple of weeks (was sick) but now I feel much better! Hope you are doing good as well! Where are you now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWL Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, linguaholic said: I am doing fine! I had a hard time these past couple of weeks (was sick) but now I feel much better! Hope you are doing good as well! Where are you now? Glad you are feeling better! So many people are getting sick these days, it's scary. I'm in Malaysia and am staying put for a while thanks to all the craziness in the world today. I finally have time to get back to my language studies and have just published my first ebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDunder Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 Georgian. It was a nightmare due to the verbal structure and lack of materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 I don't think I've ever tried to learn any rare languages before. Probably both of my native languages are rarer than any languages I (tried to) learn(ed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobasolitaria86 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 I'd love to study Euskera (Basque language), I went for a class in my city and it was amazing, it's completely differet to other languages we speak in Spain. even so different to English! Another reason is because I'd love to live there, the Basque Country is so beautiful and their gastronomy is delicious, I went to Bilbao many years ago and I felt as if I was at home Is here anybody who speaks Euskera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiciaB Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 As I've been in India, I tried learning this rare language called Badaga, native language of the tribes in Nilgiris(mountain region in Southern India). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starman97015 Posted February 1, 2021 Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 I can't speak for myself, but my father learned to speak Aleut which, according to Wikipedia, has between 100 and 150 remaining active speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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