Which language is considered to be the easiest to learn, today?

Answer 1

Each language is dependant on the complexity it presents to potential students, and the desire and mental discipline that those students command.
The constructed language Esperanto is the strongest contender as the easiest language because it is designed to be just that. A look at its history will show you that it is expanding exponentialy. In numerous studies conducted over the last century, it has been demonstrated that first mastering Esperanto can lessen significantly the amount of instruction required for a third or forth language, because it clearly demonstrated linguistic theory that is useful in understanding languages. The link below provides details on this phenomena.
Now one could say that the same effect would happen with almost any language, and I believe they are correct. So if you are in a position to learn any language, and hope to use it to vault into a third language, then by all means do so.
The only real benefit that Esperanto has over the other tongues in this case is its ease of absorption, and its clear demonstration of linguistic principles.
I frequently make this next statement, and I live by it.

"If you can't learn Esperanto, you can't learn any language."

At the very least, if you learn Esperanto first, which by the way can lead to the enjoyment of meeting new friends and traveling to new places, you'll at least have that under your belt regardless of how far you decide to take any other languages.
It's not uncommon for a student of Esperanto to become fluent inside of a month, maybe less, if you've the desire.

Please don't let anybody tell you it's useless. As with anything else, it's use is dependant on how you decide to use it. With over 2,000,000 speakers in the world, there aren't too many places where you won't find it, you just need to look. The internet is the best place to start. The sites below are the best intitial places to investigate the language and it's history. (Yes, it has a history (119 years) and a culture.)
Research and make your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 2

Any language is difficult to learn that is different from the one we've spoken since babies and when we are young. But the easiest ones for like a person who speaks only english, would be any language that uses the same basic letters all 26. Like spanish, but some have accents. The hardest are ones that have a whole different alphabet.

Answer 3

Esperanto easier to learn than any of the other languages. It's because it is a language designed to be easier to learn than any national language. Most of the time spent studying a foreign language is spent learning the irregularities and rule exceptions ("I before E except after C", " 'sheep' is both singular and plural", etc). Esperanto has only 16 gramatical rules, and no exceptions to any of the rules.

And before you ask, yes you can travel with Esperanto. Read this article in Wikipedia about the Esperanto "Pasporta Servo" (Passport Service)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo

Answer 4

Esperanto. For a long time, it's been promoted as one of the easiest languages to learn.

Answer 5

My brother is a linguistics. He thinks English is the hardest to learn. But if you know English already , Spanish is pretty easier to learn. Japanese and Chinese are some of the hardest because because exspecially in Chinese there are tonal (different pitches means different things.)

Lot of people think French is pretty easy to learn.
This is just my opinion

Answer 6

I thing english is the easiest to learn, because anyone who comes here from another country picks it up quickly.

Answer 7

Mandarin

Answer 8

Italian!

Answer 9

The closer this language is to ur mother tongue - the easier it will seem to u.. My native languages are Romanian and Russian: thanks to my knowlegde of Russian i think English is easy, thanks to Romanian French, Spanish and italian also seem to be pretty easy to learn.

Answer 10

French and spanish