Foreign Languages in College (Is Chinese Worth it?)

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<p>In terms of utility, perhaps lists like these may be of interest:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.photius.com/rankings/languages2.html[/url]”>http://www.photius.com/rankings/languages2.html&lt;/a&gt;
[List</a> of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers]List”>List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia)
[List</a> of languages by number of native speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers]List”>List of languages by number of native speakers - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>However, raw numbers may not be as useful as whether the language is commonly used in your regions of interest.</p>