What is the weirdest language you've seen?

Question

for me, its Georgian.

nuejerz, this is not a racist question as you say. People have responded with the English language.

I'm not sure how to pick a best answer. So I'll put it to a vote.

Answer 1

English. (And I was born & raised in the USA) The rules are illogical and make no sense compared to other languages, like German, which follows it's rules almost all of the time! Also English has a million expetions to the rules, that's why it's so hard to learn as a second language. ;)

Answer 2

English is different in many ways, though I wouldn't call it weird. While there are many problems with it, there are several things in it which make sense more than other languages:

1. We do not have noun declensions. The word "book" is still "book" whether its a subject or object. Pronouns do ("he"/"him"), but no more of them than there are, it's relatively minor.

2. Nouns do not have gender. In most languages, a noun (such as "door", "car", etc.) have "gender". It can be masculine, feminine, or neuter. Why? I don't know, but it makes learning languages harder. Gender affects noun declension (see above) and pluralization.

3. We do not conjugate verbs, except for 3rd person singular (he, she, it), which simply adds "s".

Because of these simplicities, Zamenhof, when he created Esperanto, followed English's example for large parts of Esperanto grammar.

Answer 3

Have to agree Georgian ranks high on the list. Would also put Basque/Euskara up there - It's just plain different.

Answer 4

Any of the Asian languages, especially those focused around the Indian sub-continent. But those click languages in Africa would win if the question allowed for non-written languages.

Answer 5

My mother tongue, ENGLISH hands down.

All other languages that I have studied make sense. In Spanish and German, you have double negatives, English doesn't.
English grammar is wierd, unpleasant, and nonsensical. In Russian, you can switch all the words in the sentance around, (joe punched billy,/ billy punched joe) and you still know what the person meant because of special modifiers. One word may also have several different meanings. (to, too, two/ their, they're, there)
Also, in English, innotnations matter A LOT. A sentance has a tottaly different meaning just by emphasising different words, expressed by the sentance "I wouldn't give bob ten dollars"
*I* wouldn’t give bob ten dollars/
I *wouldn’t* give bob ten dollars/
I wouldn’t *give* bob ten dollars/
I wouldn’t give *bob* ten dollars/
I wouldn’t give bob *ten* dollars/
I wouldn’t give bob ten *dollars* are all the same sentance, but each innontation gives a different meaning to the sentance.

Answer 6

Mojibake still causes me to raise an eyebrow (if it's even applicable as a language).

Answer 7

E N G L I S H ! One word and ten different meanings.

Answer 8

Family Guy presents 2 options:

1 "click click bloody click pancakes"

2. "patro nemos slappiwag"

Answer 9

The ENGLISH LANGUAGE, thats why so many people like to Learn it

Answer 10

americk, i dont know if thats how its spelt but i am talking about the ethiopian language. it also sounds weird but in a good way