12 useless languages
When it comes to learning languages, linguists normally have their heart set know a few to learn.
Normally, this is because there is something particular that the language has to offer, or that it will be useful in later life. But, not all languages are equal, some are useless languages that serve little to no purpose for the speaker.
I was recently talking with some translator friends of mine when we got around to how translators show off to non-translators.
After much back and forth, we came to one that most of us had done- use a language we didn't know to impress someone- usually a girl they liked.
Most of the time, these languages were useless languages spoken by less than 10 million people in Africa, or a small pocket elsewhere in Europe. Or better still, they were ...