Besides english what is the easiest language to learn?

Answer 1

english is the hardest language to learn
spanish and german are easy

Answer 2

Esperanto

"Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the Unua Libro in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding." (Wikipedia)

"Esperanto is much easier to learn than any other language. In fact, it can be learned in about a quarter of the time needed to learn a national language! The spelling is easy: each letter has exactly one sound. The pronunciation is easy, and the accent is always on the next to last syllable. The grammar is easy. (That means, for example, that there are no irregular verbs.) The vocabulary is easy, too: many international words are used, such as telefono (telephone), biologio (biology), and matematiko (mathematics).

Esperanto also uses prefixes, suffixes, and interchangeable endings to reduce the number of words to be learned. For example, in English we make the words friendly, unfriendly, and friendship from the root word friend. Esperanto carries this idea much further, making the vocabulary easier to learn."

Esperanto's purpose is not to replace any other language, but to supplement them: Esperanto would be used as a neutral language when speaking with someone who doesn't know one's own language. The use of Esperanto would also protect minority languages, which would have a better chance of survival than in a world dominated by a few powerful languages."

"Several research studies demonstrate that studying Esperanto before another foreign language speeds and improves learning the other language."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaedeutic_value_of_Esperanto

Answer 3

As others have pointed out, English is not easy to learn (though I understand that Chinese is really hard, possibly the hardest).

English has many roots, Germanic, French, Latin, Greek and so has many irregularities and inconsistencies, and a really big vocabulary.

You probably thought it was easy because you learned it by growing up speaking it -- everyone's first language is the easiest to learn because you automatically pick up on it.

Languages that don't have multiple sources are easier than English, so, Spanish and Italian, as others have mentioned.

People who didn't grow up speaking French often have a really hard time pronouncing it properly.

I've heard that Arabic is fairly easy, as it's very consistent, and (like German) everything is built up from a relatively few rules.

Answer 4

If you already speak English, the easiest language to learn is Spanish; followed by Italian and French.

Answer 5

Sorry, but English is one of the hardest languages to learn.

To, Too, Two
Their, They're, There
Bye, By, Buy

Minute (time) or Minute (size)
Polish (shine) or Polish (nationality)

Spelling rules (i before e, except after c, or when sounding like a as in neighbor and weigh)

Spelling exceptions galore

Silent letters (sword, answer)

Answer 6

English is not, by far, the easiest language to learn. It is very complex in its formalities, and the slang.

Spanish is fairly easy to pick up.

Answer 7

The easiest language(s) to learn is(are) the one(s) in the culture you grow up with. The difficult ones are those that you learn later in your life.

My experience.

Answer 8

English is not easy!!

The easier language is Esperanto!

:D

Answer 9

maybe English is easy for you...
next in line are French and Spanish.
and by the way Spanish is not easier than French.

Answer 10

One that you can use. So depending on where you live and the people you know.
Where I am Spanish, many other people speak it, you see it and use it all the time if you want.