What is the easiest foreign language for you?

Answer 1

I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German, Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others, and it opened the world to me. I've had conversations with people from every continent, and every country, and I only had to learn the easiest language on earth to do so.

You might ask, why is 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.

Many people also ask, "Does anyone speak Esperanto? How can I practice it?" Well Esperanto is spoken by an estimated two million people world wide, and it's now growing because of the internet. It's the most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language, with the largest body of literature, music and even a few movies.

And yes, you can travel with Esperanto. To find out how, read this article in Wikipedia about the Esperanto "Pasporta Servo" (Passport Service):

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

If you want to find out more about Esperanto, Start with this Wikipedia article:

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

Answer 2

As an English speaker, spanish was quite easy. While it is NOT the same origin as English, there is a large romace language influence on english becuase of the Normal invasion in England in 1066 that brought French to the English court.

German has 4 cases which made it a little more difficult, Japanese has a totally different syntax and grammar and it has 3 different "alphabets". While interesting, it was not easy.

Answer 3

Oddly enough, for an English speaker Catalan is probably easiest. Its grammar is simpler than most Romance languages, and its rhythm is closest to English.

I know that linguistically Dutch (or actually Frisian) is as close as you can get, but, given the huge Romance intrusians into English, Catalan is actually easier to learn. Otherwise, try Danish, Norse, Icelandic or Swedish. German again is linguistically closer, but Scandinavian had a tremendous influence on English.

Answer 4

English

Answer 5

American Sign Language. Although it's not exactly a :foreign" langauge, it is a second one. Rather than watching out for strict grammar rules, many times I could use conceptual ideas to convey my thoughts. It's much more important to communicate through body langauge (including facial expressions), and imagry (with the whole body).

Answer 6

French

Answer 7

I am Welsh and learned English as my second language when I was quite young.I learnt French in school and now I'm in the process of learning Portuguese, which is not too difficult.

Answer 8

Spanish, French, and Italian are quite close to English (same origin). I think Spanish is easiest.

Answer 9

Spanish is the easiest for me and Italian too.

Answer 10

Spanish. I learned Spanish from Books and practiced with some very understanding people.