what is the hardest language?

Question

english.arabic or french

Answer 1

Having learnt all three I would say Arabic, although it depends which language is your native one.
ie. if you are brought up speaking a germanic language then english will be easiest to learn, as it has the most links with your own language, however if you are brought up reading and writing from right to left then English or French will be much harder.

Answer 2

Yes, for whom? But well, to answer the question - I speak French and English and am learning Arabic, which I find difficult - not so much the writing and the reading but the HUGE vocabulary! I have been learning for not quite 2 years and I'm struggling already with 200 verbs or so..

But more difficult I'd say Chinese or Japanese or Finnish, possibly.

What do I know..

Answer 3

English for foreigners. If you're a native English speaker, it depends...I'm a native English speaker and I'm learning French. French pronounciation is hard for me. The "R"s are hard to say, since you kinda have to roll them in the back of your throat (or that's how I describe it. That's how you make the sound, at least). I've never tried Arabic, but I'm guessing French is easier. But English is probably the most difficult.

Answer 4

With English, Arabic of French it just depends were your from and how old you are. Mostly it's easier to learn a language wen your young.
I would say that the most difficult language to learn is a language like Xhosa (one of the languages in South Africa) because they have different click sounds in their languages, impossible for me to do that. And I tried. I think the bushman have also click sounds.

Answer 5

I'd say Arabic. Or Hebrew. Russian. or Chinese. or Japanese.

Why?

English and French may be "hard to learn" but they at least use a familiar alphabet and a shared history that makes many words similar from one language to the other...

But having to learn a whole different alphabet, learn to write right-to-left, and deal with completely foreign syntax, verb conjugation schemes, and words you can't "guess" the meanings of, would add a whole different dimension to the dificulty of learning these.

Answer 6

Japanese. It is so complex but worth the effort. I also learnt/ am learning German and to compare the two... worlds apart but I prefer Japanese, it sounds much nicer. It's a challenge but it's always cool to be able to say that you (as a Westerner) can speak Japanese. Plus Japan has an awesome culture!

Answer 7

French or it dpends on what is your first language,i know English and a liitle bit of Arabic so for me French is dificult

Answer 8

Arabic cos it's hard to find partner to learn the language after all learning language is all about using it...

Answer 9

I think Basque, Navajo and Inuit are the hardest
for English speakers.

Answer 10

For me Irish. A good pronunciation is extremely difficult for a non native speaker as well as grammar.