Quote Originally Posted by andrey_zh View Post
Learn either C or Pascal (better both)! C is almost the subset of C++. Pascal lacks some C tricky constructions, but modern extensions seem to provide even some C++-like constructions.
If we're talking other languages, there's an optimal choise for the OP, namely Java. It's much easier than than C++ in many ways and it's the language the OP is most likely to encounter in his further education.