It’s me, jfahey717 from El Paso, Texas USA! About me: I am a retired technology manager and a life long language lover. I have lived, studied, or worked in Madagascar, Japan and Mexico. .
My native or near-native languages: English
My C1/C2 languages: Spanish and French
My B1/B2 languages:
My A1/A2 languages: Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
I also dabbled in or have started to learn: Malagasy, Telegu, Nahuatl, Dzonka, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Italian.
I went to Madagascar in May 1968 and stayed for a year and a month. I was 15 years old when I arrived. My father worked at the NASA tracking station. I went to a French Speaking Lycee for one year taking all classes in French including one Foreign language: English. I learned a lot of French in the English class. in addition to all the other classes in French. That greatly influenced my love for languages. I also learned some basic Malagasy, a language of Indonesian roots with Bantu influence.