This would be great if you wanted to talk to yourself without anyone understanding what you’re saying, for example, or if you didn’t want anybody to know what you were writing down. It might also be useful if you enjoy lots of foreign language media (see music, tv shows, movies) and want to experience the “original” rather than through dubs and subs.
Personally, I would go for either Russian, German, or Estonian, all three of which are because I frequently listen to lots of music that are in those languages


Japanese. As a Manga & Light Novel reader, there is nothing more devastating than having a series you really love being ripped away from you because the source is not licensed yet and the guy doing the fan translations has lost interest.