If you speak more than a Language, what controls whom to speak to in a specific language?
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Languages are learnt by absorbing it's dialects by the subconcious mind. When you learn a language when you are grown up it is harder to learn it. The same language would have been learnt easily had it been learnt in childhood. For example , if you begin to learn chinese it is extremely difficult when you are grown up as your concious mind interferes with the learning process but have you noticed that the chinese children have mastered it since their early years? The same Logic holds true for all languages.\n\nNow coming to the central point of using a language. This is governed by your mood & your requirement of Communicating. The best of the best speakers communicating in many languages  ALWAYS curse , use unusable words in THEIR MOTHER TONGUE. But when it comes to meeting their needs they revert to what will benefit them the most. For example ,according to your moods, governed by the subconcious partly residing in the Right brain you will pass comments on a woman/man you have a crush on, in a language she/he won't understand in a Public place. So you can see that the usage of language is governed by your mind especially the subconcious.
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Ignore it. Some folks think it's not your right to speak your native language because it means they can't understand what you say - even when it's none of their business!\n\nAnother solution would be to abruptly switch into English and say something (indirectly) that will startle them into more appropriate behavior. I've been in the reverse of this situation - people speaking badly about me in Spanish when they don't know I speak it (not fluently, but well enough to make myself understood), but if I say something in Spanish during a pause in the conversation, they'll usually apologize or stop treating me like I'm dumb. \n\nMy suggestion would be to switch into English and say something like "look at that woman's dress, I love that color." That shows that 1) you're not speaking badly about them, 2) you ARE aware that there are other people around you, and 3) you're not stupid (this is an unfortunate but true assumption of many Americans who don't speak Spanish and hear someone else speaking it). It almost always works for me when going in reverse (switching from English to Spanish)!
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It depends on which language or program you in tend to use.
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1. we shud know our own language 1st then  head for the globle one.\n2.one shud get mature enuff to opt and learn a language he/she wishes to.\n3. children shud be made to learn one language at a time.\n\n\nits better to speak against the topic!
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what language do you want them in?
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there is at least one major language per county. in some places like affrica tribes of people can have their own language all together. in that case however in order to comunicate with other tribes those people know more than one language at all times.\n\ni speak 4 languages. english, french, german, and spanish.\n\nenglish comes in handy all over the world. french, german are only used in smaller area. \nspanish has different dialects and is a more widly used one.\n\ni sujest that you learn one language of each type first. the others come more esily that way.\n\nthe catagories are:\ngermanic: this includes english\nlatin baiced: this french, spanish, italien\nrussian: and those like are semi germanic\nasian: korean, chinese, japanes to name only a few\nmiddle eastern: hindi, jewish, greek, there are more\naustralien: and its dialects amung tribes\nafrican: and it's tribes. although french and english are commun\nsouth american: spanish is commun there
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Communicating with others outside of your own culture/community.\n\nEasier time traveling through the world.\n\nUnderstanding the reason why our language is the way it is is rooting in understanding other languages also.\n\nWages are higher when you know another language.\n\n\nThese are just a few!
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it depdens in which language you want to know. There are many verbs in one language that won't have translation in another.
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language and culture barriers
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Yeah, I'd say don't worry about it, because they're probably not talking about you at all. I speak another language at work with my friend as well as English and we're not bad mouthing anyone.  Well, okay, we might badmouth the establishment, but nobody personally.  Or, go try to learn the language or show interest in it. They'll probably be flattered and then you can be friends!  We're all just people no matter what language we speak.
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that depends.......which language?
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I'm not Japanese and I only speak for myself. However, when I learned to speak German I would want to learn to speak it properly. It is possible to speak many languages with an American accent. By learning how to speak the language as spoken by native speakers, you both learn how to speak it properly and honor the native speakers of the language. You do not give up anything of yourself as a language spoken with an accent from another language is technically wrong.
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Improve your abilities: The Ability to speak more than one language is an asset in a global society. Learning a new language prepares you to face the challenges of a multicultural world. \nTravel internationally: Wherever you go you can always speak English. \nBilingualism: Studies show that bilingualism increase the cognitive abilities. (Bialystock & Hakuta, 1994) \nMake new friends: Communicate with people across the world in English. \nWidely Spoken: English is the one of the most widely used languages in the world.
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I like to tell people that because I know Spanish as well as English, my world is twice as big. That means I can talk to almost anyone I meet in the Southwest United States, where so many speak both Spanish and English, instead of being limited to just English. Now if only I knew French, I could go to Canada and expand my world by another big percentage. Same with Russian or German or Portuguese or Chinese.
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There are works that require to speak another language. Some companies have clients / suppliers abroad the US and require people in their company to speak another language. Not to mention in the tourism industry.\n\nNow, if english is not required to the operation of the business, I still don't see the problem of people speaking in another language, as far as they can properly communicate in english when required. Every worker must be able to communicate in english to others in their company. I am sure there can still be exceptions to this rule and it should be taken in account.\n\nImagine a company that needs an expert to work for them and their only options are people from abroad, non-english speakers. Should the company stop hiring someone they need until this person learns english properly? I don't think so, the company I worked for before was in a situation like this. Such cases should be justified though.\n\nMy point is, a strict rule of "english only" ain't exactly the best solution, at least from my point of view. Circumstances and business goals should be taken in account without neglecting the fact that english must be always the first option to communicate among workers and with clients / suppliers.\n\nI feel at times that there are chauvinist arguments that seem to forget every possible business scenario and how it affects their operations.\n\nBye
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The prior answer is someone's guess, and is wrong.\n\nAll diplomatic staff that comes into professional contact with members of the host government are usually taught the host country's language.  The only exceptions are for employees who work only inside the Embassy and have no outside contacts:  for example, communicators, budget officers, and the like.  Sometimes a language waiver will be granted for a particular job that is otherwise hard to fill.\n\nSome politically-appointed ambassadors are not expected to speak the language, but they are generally appointed either to countries where English is commonly spoken, or where they have excellent assistants with top language skills.
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As different peoples developed different languages, the accents changed and diverged with the languages. So language is why we have different accents. Language determines our phonics, or the pronunciation of words, even when we speak other people's languages.