German Language/ENQUIRY
Expert: Kurt Bamert - 8/28/2005
QuestionI AM FROM INDIA.I WANT TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.I HAVE TWO OPTIONS .FRENCH AND GERMAN.CAN U TELL ME WHICH 1 OF THOSE WILL GIVE ME BETTER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES?
THANKS
AnswerHello
It depends in which field and where you would like to work afterwards? Do you have already an idea about this? If you tell me I would be better able to answer your question.
German is spoken mainly in 3 countries (Switzerland, Germany and Austria).
"There are 200 million speakers of German worldwide."
source:
http://www.beloit.edu/~mll/inside/german/german.htm
French is spoken mainly spoken in France and is an official language of the United Nations.
"French has 72-79 million native speakers".
source:
http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/whylearnfrench_2.htm
Regards,
Kurt