Considering host country culture, learning curve, and opportunities to have to conversations in Bay Area. 你喜欢和美国人说普通话吗? क्या आपको अमरीकियों के साथ हिंदी बोलना पसंद है
Why not both ? First with Hindi and then Mandarin. Mandarin does have a long learning curve
That reasoning makes no sense. If Hindi helped with Mandarin, then yeah, maybe Hindi first. Since they're from different families, just do the one with more returns
Personal take having studied both — you are statistically much more likely to come across a situation where Mandarin will come in handy as opposed to Hindi. Keep in mind also that Hindi is mostly spoken in northern India, and most Indians I’ve met in computer science/tech are southern Indians who speak Tamil or Telugu. On the other hand, if you do speak Hindi then as a foreigner (I presume) you’ll probably get a lot more attention than a foreigner that can speak Mandarin which are a dime a dozen nowadays
Mandarin, lots of teams in bay area now only speaks Mandarin at work!
I don't think one needs to learn ether. Neither of the two groups mind talking in English. They very well respect the host country culture and language. They don't expect anyone to talk in their language.
Neither. Culture comes from language. Please fight for the American culture.
I once saw on youtube a full-on display of American culture. Drunk Texan guy shooting off his Glock shouting “murica.. fuck yeah” while watching a football game in the backyard with barbequeue.
LMAO. What? Why can't learning foreign languages be part of American culture? It is part of many European cultures to be multilingual. What kind of ignoramus defends ignorance of other cultures as a virtue?
Shouldn’t it be Spanish in the Bay Area? 😂 Or you can learn mandarin such that you can teach Chan & Zuck. 😂
Learn something useful, like Spanish.
Idk man, side hustles with manufacturing based in China is really lucrative. Can't say Mandarin isn't useful.
Mandarin. Indian people speak English.
China, the next superpower and English is uncommon, so Mandarin it is. Indians still speak English (one of 22 official languages), if they went to College.
Any useful Chinese person will speak English soon if they don't already. It's terrible as a global language due to its horrid writing system, so they will use English.
You are not from China, or ever worked / lived there. What you said is a wrong assumption.
Learn Telugu or Tamil.
लौड़ा तमिल तेलुगु
They, as the first comers, are the reason for Indian stereotypes in the US.