# What language should you learn?

DevFeed: [What language should you learn?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-language-should-you-learn-32174.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://adambard.com/blog/what-language-should-you-learn/>)

Published: 2014-10-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Adam Bard](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adam-bard.md>)

Topics: [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Clojure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clojure.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [clojure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clojure.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>)

## AI overview

The author explores which languages are most useful for travel by computing which sets of languages cover the most countries, using data about languages and the countries where they are spoken. The article also links to commented Clojure source code.

## Source excerpt

I travel a lot these days. I'd call myself a "digital nomad" as a shorthand, if there was any way to say it without sounding impossibly smug. Let's just say I'm homeless but employed and my wife and I live in AirBnbs. One of the challenges of moving around so much is dealing with language barriers. For the most part, even in places where English isn't widely understood, it's perfectly possible to get whatever you need with gestures, chief among them pointing and holding up money. It's the little things that are harder when you can't speak the language.