Actual language skills for NLP

Hi everyone,

I’m an languages person getting very interested in NLP. I’m learning Python, working hard on improving my math skills and generally playing a lot with NLP tools.

How valuable are actual Natural Language skills in this field. I have strong Latin and I can handle myself in around 6 modern languages. All the usual suspects, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish. I can read well in all of them and would be C1 in the Romance languages and maybe just hitting B2 in the others. a

Obviously languages look nice on a CV, but will this be useful in my future work?

Thanks!