Its that time again (suggest a language)

What's the best language for a complete beginner to pick up and learn?

I'm able to read through sources in various languages and understand whats happening on a fundamental level.

I want to learn a language over the next 3~5 months and i cant make any informed desicions on which.

Suggest the language best suited to an entry level programmer.

IN BEFORE SHITSTORM

While Ruby is indeed decent for beginners (having taught basics to a few people myself), I don't understand how people can say that

>>you won't have to spend time being sodomized by declaration and types

is good. Types are like free extra comments, a compile-time sanity check and a cure for many runtime problems. At least, if your type system is sane. i.e. Haskell :-)