I just need 1, the biggest one 
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I think it’s worth knowing at least 1 other language simply to appreciate how language shapes thought, but you have to get to thinking-in-it fluency at least. I grew up with thinking-level fluency in 3, but never learned any as an adult.
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I've read that arithmetic is easier to teach in Mandarin because the numbers 1-10 are all single syllables that roll off the tongue, eleven and twelve aren't special, there's no weird reversal of word order in the teens, and e.g. 20 is "2 ten 1".
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I find I think differently in other languages, sometimes switching because a thought becomes clearer somehow. Is Hindi or English your native tongue?
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polyglottalism definitely gives you an unfair advantage in terms of understanding the power of shared context
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/me pours one out for the lost french hegemony
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Doesn’t work like that at all for me
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I’m at least 3x smarter in English than in Hindi, due to language characteristics alone, like bigger, more modern vocabulary, non-gendered nouns etc (net more like 5x since my Hindi is also relatively weaker)