I only speak one language right now. I am currently working on learning Latin American Spanish, and in college, I might major in a language, but, for now only one.

"...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. . . ."

-Teddy Roosevelt

Originally Posted by DTop

IG, how about the Italian language? Are there differences in the way Corsicans and Sardinians speak Italian? How about the Sicilians? I'd bet there are.

I'm sorry I'll have to correct you on that, but I don't expect Americans to know about every small island in the Mediterranean: Corse is not Italian, it's French. (big thing you actually know about Corse, seriously, would be like me knowing about the Catalinas)
Besides, I am Sardinian, so you picked the right example. I'm hugely keen on dialects and accents and stuff like that.
In Italy we have more than one variant per region (we have 20 regions).
I guarantee you Italian from Sicily is a whole different thing than Italian from Rome, or Northern Italian. Standard Italian is generally spoken in Florence.

Originally Posted by Springfield

. I am currently working on learning Latin American Spanish,

Good luck with that because theres really no such thing.

Originally Posted by 03USMC

Good luck with that because theres really no such thing.

Well, why not?
Latin American Spanish is rather different than European Spanish, isn't it?

Does anyone here speak esperanto?

Does anyone in the world speak Esperanto?

That reminds me of a very popular song from back in the '50s by Lou Monte called "Lazy Mary" or "C'e na luna". It is impossible to find the correct Italian lyrics because he sang the Italian part in a Scicilian dialect. I remember the song being played at countless Italian American weddings and nobody being able to sing along. I'll send the lyrics along to you in a PM. Let me know if you can make any sense out of it.

Originally Posted by Italian Guy

Well, why not?
Latin American Spanish is rather different than European Spanish, isn't it?

Because while all Spanish has the same roots. It changes from Country to Country and often within the Country. So Latin American Spanish is a misnomer, it's different than Espanol de Espana it's not all encompassing.

Originally Posted by 03USMC

Because while all Spanish has the same roots. It changes from Country to Country and often within the Country. So Latin American Spanish is a misnomer, it's different than Espanol de Espana it's not all encompassing.

I see. So I guess even within a country like Mexico the language changes from State to State or region to region. Interesting.