Add "Language(s)" for Person

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    1. bougau
      Dec 30, 2008
      bougau says:

      I propose to add "Language(s)" for Person. It's important for everybody, as imporant than ethnicity-nationality, religion, education. In some fields, it's essential like in arts. A "french" writer could live in many countries as a english one. Nabokov, borned in Russia, wrote in russian, english and french.

      Thanks.

      2. spatialed Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Dec 30, 2008
        spatialed says:

        +1

      3. sprocketonline Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Dec 31, 2008
        sprocketonline says:

        Good idea, but there is complication if we need to differentiate between levels of proficiency in the language.

      4. tfmorris Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Dec 31, 2008
        tfmorris says:

        There's also often a difference in proficiency among reading, writing, and spoken language skills.

      5. spencermountain Freebase Experts
        Jun 29, 2009
        spencermountain says:

        +100

      6. spencermountain Freebase Experts
        Jun 29, 2009
        spencermountain says:

        ...and i say no mapping of proficiency yet. either they speak it or they dont. that would be way too much detail....

      7. skud Metaweb Staff
        Jul 1, 2009
        skud says:

        What would be the use case for this?  Where would we get data from?  I'm interested in understanding how it would be used.

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