How many languages ?

[Rajesh]

I am just wondering , how many of you read books in more than one language?
Isn't it wonderful to have more books and writers added to your domain of choices ?

[Chris OConnor]

I can only read and speak English but I do think it would be great to be able to enjoy books from multiple languages.

[Rajesh]

Yes it is Chris.. I can read 3 languages. But being in a country where there are more than a 100 languages with many having it's own literature and writers, 3 is not that a good number.

[Weenam]

Hi..........
I think i read and speak 3 language,
That's are:
Urdu
English
Punjabi

[Rajesh]

Good Weenam.. Which country you are from ?

[Lon Dee]

I usually only read in English, but I occasionally read in Chinese, but that always takes so long. A country like India, with so many languages, must be confusing at times. China has a lot of languages, but many of them actually all read the same written characters. So someone in Hong Kong would read a book aloud in Cantonese, and someone in Taiwan would read the same book aloud in Hakka or Taiwanese. There is a difference, though, in the slang and colloquial words, so you can often tell if a writer is from a certain province by their writing style.

In the list of language choices on my Mac computer, it seems like Indian languages take up a large chunk of the list!

[Rajesh]

Some of the languages in India also share similar written characters..

I have friends who are well versed in 5 to 10 languages...

[Rajesh]

Forgot to tell you....

My mother tongue is Malayalam

[heledd]

I read in Welsh and English. I can also read a little Mandinka. But unfortunately very few books printed in that language.

[oblivion]

I read in German, English, French, Italian and (rather simple) Japanese. The only problem is reading a book in translation when it is written in another language......you tend to start getting really picky. The other problem is choosing the language.....some genres are simply better in one certain language.