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The task of Dichotic listening has been modified in numerous ways and has been used to study multiple cognitive auditory processes in various ways. A modification of Dichotic Listening Task was used to study if any relation exists between semantics of languages and preference of languages in attended message where the presented messages consisted of 6 passages of 3 languages, L1 (Marwari-Rajasthani), L2 (Hindi) and L3 (English) consisting of 10 lines each, presented at a speed of 150 words per minute. The sample consisted of stratified random sample of 120 college students, with their first language learned L1 being Marwari-Rajasthani, second language learned L2 being Hindi and third language learned L3 being English. The experiment was conducted in two sessions, with each language presented in each ear against other languages. After collection of data and performing statistical analysis, it was found that there existed no significant difference in choice of language between languages with similar sementics, which were L1 and L2. However, there existed significant difference in choice of language in attended message between languages of different semantics, which were L1 and L3, and L2 and L3.