I frequently make this next statement, and I live by it.
"If you can't learn Esperanto, you can't learn any language."
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.
The only real benefit that Esperanto has over the other tongues in this case is its ease of absorption, and its clear demonstration of language structure..
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 (120 years) and a culture.)
Research and draw your own conclusions.
Ĝis!
2007-02-10 10:52:05
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answered by Jagg 5
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Esperanto is one of a group of languages called Constructed Auxiliary languages, all of which were designed by linguists to be easy to learn. So, yes, Esperanto would be one of the easiest languages on earth to learn. In addition, of all the languages in this category, Esperanto has the largest number of speakers, and the largest body of translated and original works of literature and music.
2007-02-11 09:17:49
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answered by rbwtexan 6
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English
2007-02-10 10:12:34
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answered by Demetrios 7
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The language of the country you are born in
2007-02-10 10:10:50
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answered by jigadee 4
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Esperanto should be easy if you have some knowledge of Russian, Ukrainian and Serbian.
2007-02-10 10:57:49
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answered by Anonymous
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I think Latin is pretty easy. Its just that you have to memorize a lot of noun and verb endings. And Spanish is easy too.
2007-02-10 10:16:19
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answered by hi 2
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Indonesian, it's so easy because there is no past or present tense. using only one word you can say a whole sentence.
2007-02-10 10:10:49
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answered by indie 3
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spanish is pretty easy to pick up
2007-02-10 10:08:16
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answered by rasta.man 1
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spanish
2007-02-10 10:52:28
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answered by Anonymous
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