2006-10-01 19:04:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Well, that would depend on your perspective. If you're a native English speaker, the Defense Language Institute (or DLI--the military authority in training linguists) classifies as the most related languages to learn would be things like German or Latin. The most unrelated and difficult language for a native English speaker would be the African "clicking" language. Chinese is only a "Class 4" difficulty.
These are classified by their complexity, memorization, and syntax (sentence structure).
2006-10-01 23:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by Danielle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, I think sign language would probably be easiest.
As for those who say asian languages are hardest, I don't think Japanese is hard at all, the grammar is easy and learning a couple new alphabets is no harder than learning all the exceptions and rules in english.
Latin is pretty easy too if you know your roots, though the grammar is confusing. Gave up on trying to teach myself by chapter 4.
Being probably younger than most people here, I find learning new languages to be pretty easy. Arabic seems kinda hard, though of course I've never even tried it so I can't really say.
2006-10-01 20:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by Psyche 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hardest languages -> Chinese, Japanes, Korean, Arabic
The easiest -> body language haha
2006-10-01 20:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jagxery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easiest- any if you are under the age of 10. Over that age, I can't really say. It depends on what language is your native.
Hardest- any if you are over the age of 10. Also, it depends on what languge is your native. So you may get different answsers. Most say English is hard, because it has so many exceptions, slang and idioms. I personally would say that the hardest language is any asian language. You are basically starting from scratch.
2006-10-01 19:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found English is the easiest language to learn....may be because its universal......and according to my own experience Chinese is the hardest one....but the letters of this language are so beautiful that I wish to learn the writing, even if I fail to speak.
2006-10-01 19:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by indraraj22 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spanish and French are the easiest I think, and perhaps Asian based languages are the hardest, then perhaps Arabic comes in a close second for me.
2006-10-01 19:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by Middy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardest language is English.
Our own language has so many words that have multiple meanings, our tenses are confussing and complicated.
I'm sure you've noticed how even those who's first language is English come on here and can't even construct a decent sentance?
It's a really tough language and it's an artform to learn to use it to it's fullest potential.
2006-10-01 19:13:49 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If your first language is english then the easiest is spanish and the hardest is Chinese. Russian was bad but is closer than Chinese.
2006-10-01 19:06:52 · answer #8 · answered by unbelievablyoutstandingcitizen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard for who to study? For English audio system, I've heard that the Romance languages, above all Spanish and Italian, don't seem to be too problematic to study. I studied Italian and it wasn't too unhealthy. These languages are very phonetic and feature few abnormal verbs. Dutch could also be no longer unhealthy considering it is rather very similar to English, even though it is rather abnormal. It's simply abnormal within the equal manner English is. Any language that has declensions will probably be very problematic for an English speaker to grasp. Among European languages, Finnish is without doubt one of the toughest to study considering it has 26 (!) declensions. Plus it is not Indo-European so it wouldn't have many cognates with English like Spanish or German could. People I recognize who've attempted to study person-founded languages like Japanese and Chinese consider the ones varieties are the toughest for English audio system to study considering the writing approach is so fully one of a kind; it is not even an alphabet. Plus Chinese is tonal, which makes it high-quality problematic for English audio system. Vietnamese could also be tonal, however no less than it makes use of a Roman alphabet like English. However, Korean is it appears no longer too rough to study on the grounds that it honestly is an alphabet. It appears love it has characters like Chinese, however it is simply the best way Koreans prepare letters into phrases. Also Korean isn't a tonal language, which makes it a little simpler. So my bet (sorry I haven't any citations, simply private enjoy with plenty of individuals who have studied different languages) is that Chinese is the toughest language for an English speaker to study. Among Asian languages, Korean is not too rough to study. Among European languages, Finnish is the toughest to study, and Spanish, Italian, or Dutch more often than not the simplest.
2016-08-29 09:21:44 · answer #9 · answered by stults 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was an interesting commment, Dani.
Arabic is not that hard to learn. alot of memorising like the Chinese (HAN) language. English is a complex language to learn because though it has rules, it breaks its rules in certain circumstances.
Don't know about Russian and African languages.
2006-10-02 11:36:42 · answer #10 · answered by Langdon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋