Honestly I don't think it matters unless the child in question can be expected to find learning languages very hard. It just is not that difficult to learn any of those languages to a standard higher than is likely to be offered in school, so if any of the languages is needed for practical purposes later, it's fine to learn them later. Or do them all simultaneously now with help from the web (duolingo is nice for basics, and free). Picking one for school, I think I'd go for whichever seems likely to be taught best - what does the grapevine say? If that doesn't return an answer, pick whichever appeals; or maybe, whichever the child is *least* likely to learn later for practical purposes. That argues for Italian, which is a beautiful language...

Email: my username, followed by 2, at google's mail