Is it wise to learn multiple languages at once(same time)?

bluebellbkk2020-10-24T15:50:17Z

It's neither wise nor unwise. There is certainly nothing against it, and many people see a positive advantage.

Like John P, when I was at school we learned French, Latin and Russian all at the same time. Later I added Greek, so for one year I was learning four languages.
Not everyone did this; it depended on our various aptitudes. I showed none whatever in the sciences, so while my friends were doing maths, I was learning Russian.

Anonymous2020-10-20T07:32:58Z

At school (all those years ago!) I was learning French and Latin and German at the same time.  It seemed the normal thing to do at our school.  We had a choice of not doing 2 modern languages and doing something else.

Anonymous2020-10-18T14:30:42Z

There's nothing wrong with it. In Atheneum (dutch "grammar-school"), I had English, French, German and Latin in the same year

What would be smart is learning some Esperanto *before* learning other languages.
See wikipedia Propaedeutic_value_of_esperanto

Anonymous2020-10-18T14:13:38Z

Depends on the languages and how much you use them. French was my first language .. when beginning to learn English focused on that. I found Spanish easier though because 
of its numerous similarities with French & now speak all three on a native-speaker level.
Over the years, I've managed to learn the basics of several others, but don't use it much. 

God2020-10-18T11:18:57Z

It really depends on whether you are good at languages or not. 

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