I am really in love with the idea of becoming fully fluent in two languages, and I think my cranium is just big enough for a third.  Spanish would probably be the most useful, no? I scrapped this off Wikipedia a few minutes ago.
Ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are official:
    * 55 countries: English
          - largest: United States, India, Nigeria
    * 29 countries: French
          - largest: France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Canada
    * 24 countries: Arabic
          - largest: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria
    * 20 countries: Spanish
          - largest: Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina
    * 10 countries: Portuguese
          - largest: Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola
    * 7 countries: German
          - largest: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
    * 5 countries: Dutch
          - largest: Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname
    * 4 countries: Albanian, Italian, Russian, Serbian,
    * 3 countries: Chinese, Malay, Persian, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Hungarian.
    * 2 countries: Aymara, Bengali, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Korean, Quechua, Romanian, Sotho, Swati, Swedish, Tswana
Logic indicates I should focus on Arabic, but I don't see that happening anytime soon...
10 years ago
 
 
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