If you lost your first language...

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If you had to trade your native language in for another language, which would it be and why? By that I mean you lose all memory of your first language, can't learn it again, and will never be able to speak it again. Instead you are given a new language, without having to learn it. Basically, you are replacing your first language.

Since most of the user's first language is English, the option "English" shouldn't be getting many votes, as that would be the language you lost.

Apologies for the options, as I have made a pretty short list and obviously haven't listed every language, and some important ones would have been missed out. If I missed the one you want out, just leave it as a comment.

Russian 6
Japanese 16
German 11
Italian 8
Korean 3
English 11
Spanish 14
Mandarin 8
Other 5
Portugese 0
French 11
Arabic 3
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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago

    Russian. I love Spanish, but Russian matches my personality more.

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    • DannyKanes
      11 years ago

      Я говорю на русском :)

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      • NotFloydzie
        11 years ago

        лгун :P

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  • anonimity
    11 years ago

    I would choose mandarin, together with french and english I would know most of the world dominating languages. I will lose my dutch knowledge. But almost everyone in belgium understands english and french so it's not be a big problem.

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  • myownopinions
    11 years ago

    I'd choose Japanese, but then I'd have to move.

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  • yesnomaybeso
    11 years ago

    Omg but losing your first language sucks! i mean, what, you gotta move?

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  • 1000yrVampireKing
    11 years ago

    If I had to switch to one it would be Japanese. A lot of people who know this are complete snobs. If I knew more that means I would be higher up the steps. People do not have a lot of hate for japan so and many of them are successful so becoming friends with them means I have good friends. I know this sounds really fucked up but japan are treated like god. I would love being friends with that. Japanese is very hard to learn and I had a lot of issues understanding it. I know I must be the biggest idiot on this planet for having issues learning other languages. I not going to deny it though. My first is English so I would have to give that up.

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  • Legion
    11 years ago

    German, always wanted to lean the language and many of my ancestors were German.

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    I would trade for mandarin because the Chinese are investing in evry single country and becuase it's one of the most difficult languauge to learn. My mother tongue is creole and losing it will not be fatal because I speak english and french too and all people here understand french. Ha!

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  • dom180
    11 years ago

    It could have been Welsh, because I wouldn't have to move very far. Most Welsh people don't seem to speak Welsh though, so I'd probably choose French.

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  • PapzBSlim
    11 years ago

    Chinese. They will be the world power soon enough.

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  • misca
    11 years ago

    I would choose English. Most people here understand it anyway, so I wouldn't need to move anywhere.

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  • [email protected]
    11 years ago

    O.K. I'll be the Spick here.

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