It can boost your career prospects

When it comes time for you to advance in your job, speaking more than one language will make you an attractive candidate. More companies than ever are doing business abroad and working with clients from other countries in an increasingly globalized business environment.

In fact, according to data from Salary.com, multilingual people often make 5% to 20% more than monolingual people. If you're uncertain which language would help your career the most, it's worthwhile to think about the industries you'd like to work in and the locations you'd like to work in. Mandarin Chinese is now the most frequently used language in the world, with 1.2 billion people speaking it in some form. And since China is frequently the center of innovation, learning Chinese might be a profitable alternative for people in the IT sector. Similar to English, Spanish has more than 477 million native speakers and more than 550 million total speakers, making it a popular language among organizations like the United Nations.