@wolfwood:
Well the northern languages are all pretty similar, but since Sweden is the largest both in population and economical sway it would probably be the best choice.
And once you've mastered Swedish you'd have in-roads to Sweden, the Swedish speaking parts of Finland, and you'll be able to get your points across to Norweigans and Danes as well.
Not to mention that Swedish is a whole heap easier to master than Finnish or Danish. And about as difficult as Norweigan.
So basically, it's like this.
Most Difficult: Finnish and Danish
Much Easier: Swedish and Norwegian
What about Icelandic? I'm just curious about this one since I'll probably not start with it.
@No:
But she is from Hungaria so the closest native language groups would be Khanty and Mansi. The larger of the two groups is spoken by whopping 12 000 people, while the latter only by about 3000, so it probably wouldn't be that pratical :P
Heh, I know my language is not one of the popular or world-wide languages and that it doesn't really have much things in common with any other language. Even Finnish isn't all that similar; there are a number of things alike, but not enough to consider that learning it is easier for a Hungarian such as myself than anyone else from any other country.
@No:
It has it's merrits. Besides, with your level of english you'd probably be able to learn it without actualy having to study it in class or anything. Plus, you would have basis to learn other Germanic languages on a professional level.
I know it wouldn't require much of an effort to learn it, but as things are standing now, I'll stay with the idea of learning a northern language.