What language do you speak best?

[earwigplanet@mastodon.social]

@rauschma English is my native language, but I also speak Esperanto, French, and Irish.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@fabos You may not see the edit I did a few hours ago: I initially wrote “Mastodon” and then changed it to “Fediverse”.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@PhoenixSerenity I recently read about the movie “Dear You” being successful in China—which I found interesting! It’s mainly in Teochew, IIRC.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@catileptic I recently watched an interview with Sebastian Stan (*) in Romanian. It sounded interesting—a bit like Portuguese to my (ignorant) ears. I recognized some words from French and Spanish (which is not surprising—it is a Romance language after all).

(*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Stan

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@crossgolf_rebel You can: https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma/117429942971637144

[nullthefool@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rauschma *se ofende en español*

[shyguy@denden.world]

@rauschma
even if the entirety of "others" is just spanish, is still low

[foobarsoft@mastodon.social]

@rauschma I’m amazed how evenly this is split.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@sergidefe Alas, Mastodon surveys only support 4 choices. It’d be awesome to do a survey with a much longer list of languages!

(Por ejemplo, estoy seguro de que mucha gente habla castellano en el Fediverso.)

[schamschula@mastodon.social]

@rauschma I'm equally fluent in German (native language) and English (having lived in the US most of my life).

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@thepurpleoctopus You may not be able to see the edit I made a few hours ago: “If you have more than one native language then check the one that you speak better and/or the one that is listed below.”

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@marioostolaza Just a random selection forced by Mastodon only supporting a maximum of four options. It’d be interesting to do a proper survey with many more languages! ¡Parece que hay una gran comunidad hispanohablante aquí!

[shumann78@mastodon.uno]

@rauschma italian

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@farah Nice! I recently came across that language when reading about Mamdani’s campaign in New York City: There seems to be a sizable Bengali community there.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

It’d be very interesting to do a proper survey with a representative sample and an open set of languages!

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@politipet C’est déjà pas mal je dirais ! (Vu le nombre de personnes germanophones et anglophones qui me suivent.)

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@rauschma @CStamp Chose English, as it’s the one I learned first.

Alternative choice: French

[siavogel@mastodon.nl]

@rauschma Netherlands / Dutch

[wfk@social.v.st]

@rauschma I had to check the definition of "native language". Conclusion: By the literal description as given by dictionary.com, German does qualify as that. However, given that it is also considered synonymous to "first language", I am not entirely sure what the actual intent of the dictionary editor was, as I would not consider it my first language...
Generally, the use of the terms "native language" and "first language" in English seems very fuzzy and ill-considered.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@mdione Apologies for the silly joke: I’m pretending that “Other” is a language.