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I think it would work out fine. First time I went to Italy, I knew no Italian beyond 'ciao', but managed to negotiate my way around solely on the strength of words sounding the same as English or French. I think they'd assume you were a foreigner.

It's a bit like me and ancient Greek. Oh yeah, I can probably talk for an hour... but it will all be about bulls pulling ploughs through fields and who is or isn't a farmer. They'd probably understand me, but they'd probably be fucking bored after just a couple of minutes!