Most Useful Languages to Learn for Travelers

This post gives a list of the 13 most useful languages to learn for travelers. It also explains how I decided which languages go on the list, what order of importance they they appear in, and how I am going to apply the results to my personal life.

When I was a child watching Captain Planet I used to think, “if I could have any of those rings it would be the heart ring.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with Captain Planet, the heart rings allows the bearer to be able to speak to the animals. I assume that also includes all humans no matter what language they speak.

As an adult I realise that speaking to animals is impossible. Actually, I knew that as a child also, but being able to speak to the majority of humans in the world is something very achievable. Not only is it achievable, it is also something I have wanted to achieve since I started traveling. 10+ years later and I can barely speak anything other than English