[Aldershot]

Five languages? I'd be happy with three. On top of English, Russian and Spanish would be nice because they're widely spoken by beautiful women.

If I could really learn five, I'd learn French and Wu. I've heard the Shanghai chicks are meant to be insane.

[Ridiculous]

Including English and already fluent in Spanish sooooo...

Portugese
Chinese
Russian
Italian

[carter86]

Damn fluent in 5 languages is really hard . I know 5. but i'm good in 4 papiamentu , dutch , english , spanish , now my french sucks its been more then 12 years since I learned french in HS

[2014]

English - #1 world language by far, and will remain that way for a LONG LONG time
Spanish - Useful language widely spoken
Korean - I like Korean chicks and being famous in Korea as a foreigner is as simple as simply speaking Korean
Russian - Useful language for understanding the propaganda war West v East
Chinese - Business language for cheap at source prices

[blacknwhitespade]

English
Spanish
Portuguese
Mandarin
Cantonese

[floor7]

Mandarin, French, Arabic, German (though Russian would be more useful for game and work).

[Rawmeo]

English (most widely spoken language)
French (my native language)
Mandarin (useful to do business in China)
Thai (you already know why)
Spanish (also widely spoken)

[doej610]

1. French due to montreal and i grew up learning it so i would like to finish it.
2. Russian - it sounds cool and the girls dont look too bad either
3. spanish - number of people that speak it
4. chinese mandarin - sounds cool and lots of people speak it
5. insert other world language

[Spike]

Dutch (my native language)
English (near fluent)
German (reasonably well but would like to be fluent if possible)
Spanish (very basic at one point, would like to be fluent)
Russian (very basic at one point, would like to be fluent)

[Spike]

Dutch (my native language) spoken in 4 countries and 6 islands.
English (near fluent)
German (reasonably well but would like to be fluent if possible)
Spanish (very basic at one point, would like to be fluent)
Russian (very basic at one point, would like to be fluent)

[RIslander]

Spanish - Spoken by a large number of people and some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Japanese - A beautiful and interesting language spoken by some of the most feminine women in the world. Useful for my line of work.

Vietnamese - Spoken in a country I love and would love to live in some day. It is my vacation destination of choice.

Russian - Useful and interesting.

[Old Fritz]

Spanish: Already working towards this

German: Most spoken language in Europe besides Russian

Mandarin: The most spoken language in the world alongside English and Spanish.

Japanese

[John5000]

English
Spanish
Russian
Mandarin
Arabic

French doesn't make my top 5 because the places it is spoken have English equivalents e.g. In west Africa; Ghana and Nigeria (biggest economy, Lagos; biggest city) people speak English. Europe and Canada have the same situation.

[Agreddor]

Speak English, mandarin and cantonese already. Learning Russian at the moment.

After Russian I would like to get Arabic and Spanish and perhaps Turkish under my belt because of their usefulness.

[Munch]

Since I'm now based in SEA and never plan to leave my list would be something like:

English
Thai
Tagalong
Vietnamese (or whatever language would help me in Vietnam most)
Cambodian (whatever language would be most useful there)

Right now I'm native level at English and Polish, intermediate in Thai and French with a tiny bit of German and Spanish.

[Laserspewpew]

English, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Russian

Why would anyone choose Cantonese? Everyone who speaks it also speaks Mandarin (in Guangdong Province and Macau) and/or English (Hong Kong and overseas Chinese).

[LeBeau]

I realized that the first link in the opening post is now broken, and it is also useful for RVF travellers, so here it is again:

http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/lis...countries)

[cascadecombo]

English: Native
Japanese: Fluent
Russian: Has always appealed to me
Chinese: might as well fill out that section of the world

Gothic: An extinct language [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language ] mostly for the novelty, not much thought was put into the last one but if given the choice I would like to have a dead language at my disposal.

Those would be my 5

[Cyclone]

Honestly the only reason i'd become fluent in a local language is really to show off to the locals (mostly women). but i agree with being happy in 3 languages; actually already know 3 but not quite fluent.

1 - English
2 - Japanese
3 - Thai
4 - Arabic (for business reasons)
5 - Portugese (for Brazil)
.

[Il Bersagliere]

1. English
2. Mandarin (DUH!!!)
3. Russian
4. Hebrew
5. Spanish

Honorable mentions
Dutch
French
Arabic
Italian

[Slay it Forward]

You could access to most of the worlds women with 4:

English
Spanish
Russian
Chinese

The tough one to choose is the fifth and comes down to preference. I would go with french because it unlocks a bunch of Africa. Love those big booties.

[WestIndianArchie]

Spanish for the Chicas
Mandarin? Business in China.
Japanese - life long interest

But I'd have to travel to Brazil and the FSU to pick one of those.

[CleanSlate]

My top 3 are

English
Spanish
Arabic

For the other 2, undecided.

[scotian]

I speak English , French and Spanish and that's enough, I don't really have any desire to learn others but would consider Portuguese if a work opportunity in the oil biz came up somewhere like Brazil or Angola. Don't forget guys as the old saying goes, with languages: If you don't use it, you'll lose it. Ten years ago my French was at near native level (BA in French and certified bilingual by the Canadian government), I was going to school all day in French then working at a bilingual call centre at night, people on the phone knew I wasn't Quebecois but many assumed I was French African, which I though was hilarious. Then I moved out west and stopped speaking French on a regular basis, I can still hold a conversation but I'm always searching for words and my vocabulary is simple. Also, I often mix up French and Spanish, the worst is when I meet a French person in Colombia and switch between the two its a big mess but if their Spanish is decent then they understand.

[Jungle]

1. English = language of the world.

2. German = most spoken native language in Europe and an esteemed language of science and literature.

3. Russian = language of the most beautiful women.

4. Spanish or French or Italian = language that sounds beautiful to speak.

5. Mandarin = language that sounds disgusting to my ears, nor am I particularly fond of the culture but I suppose this language would be very useful for business purposes.