7 BEST Languages to Learn in 2025
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Seven overlooked languages are about to change everything. And I mean everything—from where you could live, to how much you could earn. These aren't the languages they usually offer at school. They're hidden gems that could give you an incredible advantage while everyone else is learning other “useful” languages. Ready to discover which surprising language could transform your life? Let me show you what most language learners are missing.
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0:30 Serbian
5:26 French in Africa
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17:26 American Sign Language (ASL)
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Speaking of unusual languages, I was in a shop in Tarbert in Lewis (Outer Hebrides) where two older ladies were having a conversation in Scot’s Gaelic. I felt like a thorough outsider who should have not been there. Don’t get me wrong, they were thoroughly polite and spoke to me in English but it seemed so natural and right in that situation.
I remember being in a swimming pool in Stornaway in Lewis and a group of teenagers were talking to each other in Gaelic. That’s when you know an ancient language is not quite dead.
thanks for another great video, mate!
I chose ASL as my language in University. I’m starting my first ASL class starting next month. I cannot wait. I’m also learning Swedish and Irish independently. I have been preaching the reasons you stated for *years* but never had the opportunity to learn. I’m also slowly going deaf, so it will be helpful for me!
Greek is one language I wasn’t expecting to see here. I learned a bit of Greek before I went to Athens for a few days, and the smiles I received when I attempted some of what I had remembered… priceless! Beautiful language, but not easy, especially the spelling. Pronunciation from spelling, on the other hand, is easy.
It doesn’t help that so many letters and diphtongs lost their original sounds over the centuries and have basically reduced to “e” and “i”. (And don’t get me started on O-mega and O-micron…) But the spellings remain as they were so there is no way to go from sound to letter!
I absolutely love Greek! For a year, I was surrounded by all these Greek women speaking around me and sometimes at me. I learned so much in that environment and have been trying to imitate it ever since. Someday, I very much hope to travel to Greece.
I literally had a Russian tutor tell me not to bother with ASL because “nobody is deaf anymore.” I was like… what?
They probably meant that we all use digital devices now and we rely mostly on reading. Automatic subtitles on smartphones can do all the heavy lifting, you can just start the app and speak to someone or watch TV, and see the translation appear in real time on your phone.
@@HDJess if i were to learn ASL, it would be because I would want to talk to someone in an environment where you can’t speak, like a loud construction site, or when youre far apart from eachother.
@@pxolqopt3597 that would surely be cool, but how often would it be applied to justify learning an entire language?
😂😂😂😂
@@pxolqopt3597 There is an endangered whistle language to communicate over long distances in Anatolian mountains.
It’s dying because they have mobile phones now so I’m not sure about the long distance need.
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This video is wild, I actually know French and Chinese and am CURRENTLY learning Danish which is ironic. I also am super interested in Serbian as a language so I found this quite interesting.
I would say a language being similar to English doesn’t actually help much. The problem is that your brain tends to mix up similarities (despite my brain throwing Chinese words in when I speak French). But the problem is with Danish while the grammar is similar to English, its different enough as to where you default back to English rules when it doesn’t make sense.
For example the Danish conundrum of “for” and “til” and also the directional verbs.
Its ironic that when learning Chinese because it’s such a blank slate, you are totally open to new ideas which in some ways makes it easier to learn. However love this stuff, videos are excellent albeit a bit clickbaity and algorithmy. Languages are super fascinating and worth every bit of time and money investment.
I hope Spanish is still going strong, because I’m halfway through and I want to finish learning it to conversational level before moving on to French, which I’ve actually learned a bit in high school, although I can’t remember almost anything now.
https://youtu.be/VuPt7C50IDE?si=BhVr9ZgGgi-nY8IN
ASL LETS GOOO!!! I think it’s awesome that ASL is getting recognized in this video. I myself am doing ASL in school and am in my second year of it.
My language for next year is Icelandic. I learnt it to about A2 once. I’m going to go back to it again and get to B1 or B2. I love Iceland so much and I know they all speak English and I’d have to live there for a while for my Icelandic to be up to their English but I love the feeling of being able to understand things written around me and not feel disconnected. And you don’t need to recommend your Icelandic Reader. I’ve already got it and read it!!
Gott kvöld frá Québec-fylki! Ég er að læra íslensku líka. Ég hef farið þrisvar sinnum til Íslands. Mér finnst íslenska mjög flott! Gleðileg jól!
@@user-mrfrog Hæ, vinur minn. Við útlendingar sem erum að læra íslensku, ég held ekki að við séum margir. Ég hef líka farið þrisvar til Íslands. Ég fór tvisvar til suðurs og einu sinni til norðurs. Gleðileg jól og gott nýtt ár. 🇮🇸
Hi Olly, are there plans to make a Short Stories in Scottish Gaelic book?
I’m 67 and I’m doing Spanish and Greek together. Danish is on the cards too.
https://youtu.be/VuPt7C50IDE?si=BhVr9ZgGgi-nY8IN
Wish more language YouTubers talked about ASL. ASL has so many uniqug features from being a visual language that its just delightful
https://youtu.be/VuPt7C50IDE?si=BhVr9ZgGgi-nY8IN
I want to learn ASL. I can do extremely simple things and once had the best laugh with a deaf woman. I was trying to help her with a computer issue (which is always a challenge no matter what language I’m using). She asked me a question, and I signed “I don’t know.” I think my emphatic gesture surprised her. Not sure we ever fixed her actual problem, but we had good fellowship along the way.
9:09 I am learning French rn and for me it has been a great torture both mentally and emotionally because not only does my teacher gives no explanation to grammar and stuff but also the silent letters and the grammar with constantly changing endings are extremely frustrating 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Oui, on comprendre, moi aussi j’essayé d’apprendre le français quelque mois avant, et même si je n’arrive pas à tout comprendre, il vaut le coup, ne quittez pas!
Bonne chance!
@ Merci
I would suggest changing teacher then! French is a beautiful language and it shouldn’t be torture but something fun to learn! A teacher is there to help and support and answer your questions but sometimes it is true that there are no explanations to be given. A lot of my students tell me « why is it like that? In English it is not! » well… 🤷🏻♀️
Learning German this year but I want to bring my Chinese up closer to a free-flowing conversational level as I have done so more quickly than I thought with German! Thank you for the recommendations Olly 😁
I’ve dabbled in languages for a long time. In 2025 I am going to focus on getting to B2 German. That means achieving A1 in just one month and A2 in the following two months.
In 2026 I am going to get to C1 German and B2 Welsh.
I’m also going to relearn GCSE maths in 2025 and learn A level maths in 2026.
I’ve been an ASL interpreter for 20 years. I can confirm, it’s dope. And you’re right, it’s not English. It has it’s own grammar, syntax, etc. It’s not just a language, the Deaf community has their own proud culture. I’ve been an interpreter for a Deaf student earning their PHD in Music Composition. Read that again. They can do anything.
If you’re going to learn ASL, please, please learn it from a member of the Deaf Community.
Great list – so happy to see ASL make it!
I studied ASL for a while almost 30 years ago and have used it very little in the last 20 years, but for the past few years I have been suffering from intermittent expressive aphasià(where I can’t find words, or putting a coherent sentence together is really hard work) and 2 weeks ago I was finally diagnosed witn a degenerative neurological condition. It means that the aphasia will keep getting worse, and eventually I will progress to early onset dementia. I’m also rapidly losing my hearing (in a way that a hearing aid wont help).
There is no cure or even treatment, but I know that learning a new language works your brain. I also think ASL activates the visual/spatial part of the brain, not just the language centre, so it is possible I will be able to slow my language loss by working on ASL fluency. In a vote of support, my husband and son have both offered to learn ASL with me to support my access to language and communication.
Hey Olly! I was wondering if you could do a video on the language Toki Pona? It’s a very small language with only about 200 words and it has a very interesting writing system! There is sitelen pona (meaning “symbols of good”) and sitelen sitelen (meaning “hieroglyphics”). It’s a really interesting language and I’d love to see you cover it one day!