What's a language that me and my friend can learn easy?

Question

So we can talk to each other without any1 understanding us, lol and don't say english.
or how can we make up a language easy?

Answer 1

Spanish

Answer 2

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.)
At this point it is rare enough that your friend and you will have a local monopoly on the language, but later you'll have the whole world to visit together.
Research and draw your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 3

Spanish and Norwegian are comparatively easy but lots of people understand Spanish these days almost any place you go in the United States.

For languages nobody you know are likely to understand, your best bet is with artifical languages like Interlingua, Novial, and Esperanto. They are relatively easy to learn and there is lots of information on them nowadays on the internet. Any good college or public libraries have information on them too.

You and your friends may even wish to create your own language from scratch by using Esperanto as your model or drawing from Latin and the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian etc.) which is what Interlingua has done. Don't rule out the pidgin languages as models too.

Hawaiian Pidgin English is still spoken by some people from Hawaii and is not readily understood by people who speak standard American English. If you're imaginative, you and your friends can create your own pidgin English too. Pidgins are among some of the simplest languages in the world.

Answer 4

I have to throw in my vote for Esperanto.

I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German, Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others. Very few people in the U.S. speak it, in my city of over 5 million people, only about 20 people speak it. It's a little more popular in Europe, but still, the best world-wide estimates say that less than 1 in 3000 people speak it, so it makes a pretty good "secret" language.

As a matter of fact, there's a book about some young people who had the same idea you have, who learned Esperanto for the same reason. You might enjoy reading it if you like to read, it's called " Peter Jameson's Secret Language". You can read it online here:

http://members.aol.com/sylvanz/pjcont.htm

Answer 5

Lojban is said to be a very quickly learned language, able to be learned in just months (with dedication). If you are looking for a language that can be instantly learned, there isn't one. But Lojban can be learned much faster than most, if not all, other languages because of its logic and simplicity.

Be warned, though, it is very different from English! Be prepaired for a very new language with some very different concepts. If you can get past this, which should be easy with an open mind and willingness to learn, then you can have lots of fun with Lojban.

Go here if you want to learn Lojban http://ptolemy.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/book1.html Start from the begining, use it like a textbook and teach yourself, and work your way to the end.

If you want to make up a language, this is also a fun alternative! There are many ways to make your own language, I making languages for fun a long time ago, and it is still a hobby of mine. Since it may be a bit difficult to make a new language with a word for every word in the dictionary, try making some root-words that can be converted into different words with similar meanings, or combining synonyms into a single word.

Example 1- Instead of making up seperate words for "rock" and "stone", you may have only one word, since rock and stone are synonyms and essentially the same thing.

Example 2- Instead of making up a word for "water" and another for "ice" and another for "steam", make one root word for "water", and since ice and steam are both froms of water, combine them with other roots, such as a word for "solid" + "water = "ice" or "frozen" + "water" = "ice" or "gas" + "water" = steam.

Also, if you make up a language, don't forget prefixes, suffixes, and verb conjugation.

I hope this helps, and God bless!

Answer 6

Indonesian and Malay are easy, so if no one in your area knows them, then one of these would be great to learn. It will be a lot more useful than making up a language!

Answer 7

Bahasa Indonesia is an easy language. But I doubt it would be very useful. Unless you're planning to be an interpreter.

Answer 8

Sign language is the funniest

Answer 9

Esperanto is very easy to learn, and only language geeks know it.

www.lernu.net has a great set of resources for learning it, all free.

Answer 10

Try to pick one that you would be interested in...that will make learning it easier. Try latin, greek, russian, or maybe something like sign language.