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What was the first language you got interested in and why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world to c/languages@lemmy.world

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For me it was Hebrew and it's cool writing system, then ithkuil and how alien it seems. It lead me down a deep rabbithole to where i now make writing systems.

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[–] ken_cleanairsystems@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spanish, when I was very young, basically because it was the only other language (besides English) that I knew existed. I grew up in an extremely white/homogenous place, so Sesame Street was pretty much the only reason I even knew Spanish existed.

[–] Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Exposure to a language is always very important, and i think Spanish is pretty common as a second language in Britain and the USA since Spain and Mexico are quite close