This would be great if you wanted to talk to yourself without anyone understanding what you’re saying, for example, or if you didn’t want anybody to know what you were writing down. It might also be useful if you enjoy lots of foreign language media (see music, tv shows, movies) and want to experience the “original” rather than through dubs and subs.

Personally, I would go for either Russian or Estonian, both of which are because I frequently listen to lots of music that are in those languages, and they aren’t spoken by any of my friends.

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    Define “nobody”, because there are over 100 languages spoken at fluent level or above by at least a few ppl where I live

    If we ignore the technicalities… Polish. Spoken by a lot of people, quite difficult to learn & would be a good priority target for magically learning it, and hopefully a good gateway to the rest of the Slavic languages

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      India has over 600 languages endemic too it, and I think many more that have been lost.

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      There’s a Polish club in my state that offers Polish language classes.

      There is a very small group of Polish immigrants here, I’m thinking of taking the next class (the one offered is already in session). I live pretty far from where they’re at, but honestly, it’s a beautiful language.