What language do you speak best?

[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.

[ellohir@mastorol.es]

@rauschma I think you can add as many as you want?

[mauvedeity@mastodon.social]

@rauschma EN:GB, as it happens.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@NullTheFool ¡Disculpe! Tenía que elegir: https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma/117430069059928752

[tykayn@mastodon.cipherbliss.com]

@rauschma
5400 votes, c'est probablement le sondage qui a le plus de votes dans le fediverse jusqu'ici

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@resmo Bin immer wieder überrascht wie gut Schweizerdeutsch klingt und wie wenig ich verstehe! Deutsche Dialekte nehmen gefühlt stark ab (ich spreche auch Bayerisch), aber in der Schweiz ist ja sogar viel Fernsehen in Schweizerdeutsch.

[fartnuggets@jorts.horse]

@rauschma typescript

[lmgenealogy@mstdn.ca]

@rauschma But I also get by in French.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@wfk True! I thought they were the same, but "first language" seems like an overall better/clearer term.

[clv1@mementomori.social]

@matt @rauschma Brazilian Portuguese.