Which of these main languages would you like to learn most?

[Mr. Smith]

Italienisch ist meine Antwort.

Islaendisch ist nicht hier, und ich weiss einige Deustch.

Self-demonstrating for a point that I probably have to brush up like heck on German before tackling anything else. That said, Italian would be where I want to start due to preference for their shows compared to most British or American programming, some ancestral roots, and it would've been nice to be able to communicate with others myself when I was visiting Italy.

Icelandic is also on my wish-list, but I know that that one is practically out of sight short of being airlifted and dropped into the most remote area of Iceland.

[Mr. Smith]

Italienisch ist meine Antwort.

Islaendisch ist nicht hier, und ich weiss einigekann ein bisschen Deustch.

Sorry for coming off as the ultimate asshole, but you need to use "können" instead of "wissen" with languages, and you can use "einige" only with countable nouns. An uncountable adjective like "deutsch" needs something like "ein bisschen" or "ein wenig".

As for me, I'm pretty torn between French and Mandarin, as for "major languages". My ultimate dream language however is, just as for the poster I quoted, Icelandic. I'll be going there in summer, so maybe I can pile myself up with some resources and hear some of the flow of it. I sadly know no more than "góðan daginn" (good day) or "talar þú ensku?" (do you speak English), which hopefully should be enough to get me around

You proved my point precisely.

Also, since you helped me: "talar þú þysku?" (or saensku, dansku) might be useful in case English doesn't work, "ég tala" just to clarify what you can speak, "takk" as a shorthand for thanks, and "sjáumst" seems to be the bis bald.