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OK here's a thread that's eminently ignorable. Never mind. I'm interested in the issue, given that in my village - where quite a few expats reside - very few foreigners speak VNese at any serious level. I started it, so I make the call: I'm not interested in your excellent Spanish, or your first language Scottish (if there is such a thing?) - let's confine it to Asia. Even if you speak not a word, I'd like you to reply, saying so. No negativities implied. I'm simply curious that's all. I'll make the first move (prawn to Ken 4): I speak a few sentences and words of Japanese. I studied it for a semester about a decade ago, but since I have not yet been to Japan and have no daily use for it, it is almost all forgotten. Twenty odd years ago I studied Bahasa Indonesia for 3 terms. Went to that country quite a bit. Spoke with some conversational competence. Now mostly forgotten too, but if/when I re-visit a lot will come flooding back. I speak Vietnamese also at conversational level. I can read and write too, but nothing heavy as my vocab is limited.