>>24788433
Greek (Homeric, Attic, Koine)
Latin
English
German
French

>>24788451
>Latin
Why? I've actually learnt Latin and found out there's not really a lot of stuff to read. I rather agree with Greek though, I wish I learned it or French instead.

>>24788433
Semitic-Yakubian dialect
Agarthan
Turkish
Hebrew
Esperanto

>>24788474
>Hebrew
This one could unironically be an unironic pick though.

>>24788451
>English
>German
>French

same shit, replace all 3 with chinese

>>24788484
I can agree about English and French being extremely similar but I disagree about German being such too. Germanic languages feel really different from Romance languages like English.

>>24788433
you don't need to learn anything but your native language to enjoy literature in a full and satisfying manner. you don't even have to be literate. (just look at me.) there's really no barrier to entry. however, there are a hundred lifetimes worth of things to learn to enhance your enjoyment further. i don't think i can ever answer the question, i think your choices have to revolve around a certain primary language or a certain tradition if what you're going for is the greatest heights possible. the englishman should pick five different languages from the arab man who should pick five different languages from the japanese man. it might even be worthwile to learn several dialects of your native language instead of any foreign tongues.
>>24788457
nta but i think knowledge of latin enhances reading in other european languages even if you don't intend to read actual latin works.
>>24788484
i don't think even nationalist chinese literati would claim those aren't worthy choices. pointless contrarianism.

>>24788433
You only need three:
English
Middle English
Old English

>>24788506
>enhances reading in other european languages
Eh not really. I've dabbled somewhat with Spanish and French after learning both English and Latin and I definitely can say English helped me a lot more. Might be because my native language already has cases though.
>>24788510
So English and German?

I know German but I always read English /lit/ or translations. German books feel weird to me, similar to how a contemporary book would feel.

>>24788557
Could you elaborate? It's the first time I hear such a sentiment, especially from a German.

Latin, Greek, French

>>24788492
what? english isn’t a romance language, it’s germanic

>>24789067
2/3 of its vocabulary is loaned from romance languages

>>24788457
The romans were gay for greek themselves so learning latin to read ancient latin is a whiff, however latin was the language of the educated for damn near 2000 years so saying that there's not a lot of stuff to read is just ignorance on your part.

>>24788433
Greek
Latin
French
English
Russian