what is the easiest major language to learn?

Answer 1

Arabic - watch TEAM AMERICA- it is so EASY.

Allahka Durka Durka?
Hello, how are you?
Muhammad Jihad!
I am excellent!
Shirk Durka Durka Muhammad Ali.
That is terrific just like your golden hair.

Answer 2

I speak 3 languages fluently and two passibly and I can tell you that if you want to speak and understand a language really well there is no such thing as an easy language. It's all down to the amount of time, work and dedication you are willing to put into it. Learn and understand the principles and rules of grammar (starting with your own language) first. It's tedious but it's a little bit like learning to type without looking at the keys, it takes longer initially but you will type much faster in the long run.
Decide why you want to learn a particular language rather than pick it because you think it's easier. Motivation is very important when learning a language. If you have a good motive to learn a language (a holiday, business, culture, friends...) you will be more inclined to keep going.
Bonne chance!

Answer 3

British Sign Language

Answer 4

I can't really speak about Spanish, but I learned Italian, French and German at college and I would have to say that Italian would be the easiest to learn for a native English speaker. There are very few pronunciation rules, a lot of the vocab shares Latin roots with English and the grammatical rules are fairly straightforward.

Answer 5

It's certainly not English!

It depends on what you mean by 'easiest'. French words are probably the most similar words to English, but Spanish words are spelled the way they are pronounced as well as having largely the same roots as many English words. If you're learning simple vocabulary then German might be the easiest because of the similarity between everyday English words and everyday German words.

Answer 6

It depends on what your first language is. If it is English, most people find German or Dutch easier to learn than French or Spanish. If you speak an inflected language, like cantonese, it is easier to learn anpother inflected language. This is because of the way your brain was programmed to learn your mother tongue when you were a small child. The more languages you speak as a child, eg two or three, the easier it is for you to pick up new foreign tongues.

Answer 7

I have to say Spanish was very easy for me to learn. Most Latin based languages (the Romantic languages like Spanish, French and Italian) are often claimed to be the easiest because they follow a very strict rule set with few exceptions (far fewer than english)

Answer 8

English

Answer 9

I would have to say English, I'm an English teacher in Spain and in comparison to the other 'major' languages: Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, then the grammatical structure of English is much easier to learn, although the spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation are rather more difficult.

Answer 10

English is a hard language to learn (it's easy to learn the basics, but it has a third more words than most European languages, so it's hard to become fluent). German is probably easiest if you speak English. If you speak German, Dutch is incredibly easy to learn. Spanish is supposed to be easier to learn than French, but not in my experience. I hope that helps!

Answer 11

As an English speaker I think Spanish is easiest. The pronunciation is much easier than French and German is difficult in style and pronunciation.

Only thing is understanding native Spanish speakers cos they talk quite quickly and there are obviously several different dialects of Spanish.

oh and German numbers are just silly cos they are back to front (for forty-five you say five and forty) so it is very confusing.