What languages do you think will be essential in this century for international business?
Obviously, this depends on your preferences. Someone who plans to operate solely out of Cambodia will likely find little use in learning Arabic.
These are the languages in which I am advanced to fluent:
-English
-Mandarin Chinese
-Korean
-Spanish
-French
These are some languages in which I am considering becoming functional to fluent:
-Portuguese
-Vietnamese
-Bahasa Indonesia
-Tagalog
-Thai
-Arabic
-Russian
-Mongolian
-Khmer/Cambodian
-Japanese
On previous instances in this forum, I have belittled people learning languages like Japanese and Italian since I considered them to be of little practical use in the future. I rescind this argument as I have included Japanese here - they will continue to be important outward investors in the Asia-Pacific region and own a fiat currency.
Obviously, this depends on your preferences. Someone who plans to operate solely out of Cambodia will likely find little use in learning Arabic.
These are the languages in which I am advanced to fluent:
-English
-Mandarin Chinese
-Korean
-Spanish
-French
These are some languages in which I am considering becoming functional to fluent:
-Portuguese
-Vietnamese
-Bahasa Indonesia
-Tagalog
-Thai
-Arabic
-Russian
-Mongolian
-Khmer/Cambodian
-Japanese
On previous instances in this forum, I have belittled people learning languages like Japanese and Italian since I considered them to be of little practical use in the future. I rescind this argument as I have included Japanese here - they will continue to be important outward investors in the Asia-Pacific region and own a fiat currency.