Name: Anonymous 2009-08-16 11:41
I hate it when people describe a language as either useful or useless. In reality, it's neither. Think about it: a language such as Mandarin Chinese can be as useless as a language like Swedish. It all comes down to what you do with your language skills. Are you going to do anything related to China and Chinese? Are you going to do anything related to Sweden and Swedish?
So, what you do determines the usefulness of any language, be it Arabic or Oromo. Of course, everything also depends on how you perceive the usefulness of your actions.
There's only one language in the world that is (or more, has become) undoubtedly useful for anyone: English. And that's only because it's used by so many people around the world to communicate with not only English speakers, but also native speakers of other completely unrelated languages. A German can easily communicate with an Indonesian by using English.
The point is, don't say that you should learn this language because it is "useful" and not learn that language because it is "useless." It's only useful if you use it, and useless if you don't.
So, what you do determines the usefulness of any language, be it Arabic or Oromo. Of course, everything also depends on how you perceive the usefulness of your actions.
There's only one language in the world that is (or more, has become) undoubtedly useful for anyone: English. And that's only because it's used by so many people around the world to communicate with not only English speakers, but also native speakers of other completely unrelated languages. A German can easily communicate with an Indonesian by using English.
The point is, don't say that you should learn this language because it is "useful" and not learn that language because it is "useless." It's only useful if you use it, and useless if you don't.