What foreign language would you try to learn?

What foreign language would you try to learn?
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I had Spanish in high school and college, but that was 30 years ago and I haven’t used it much since. So I just signed up for night class at the local community college, 6 hours a week for almost 4 months – I’m hoping to make real progress.
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