in the world?
2007-03-09 16:18:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have always heard that some of the native American languages, especially Hopi, are difficult. Mainly because concepts that we use just do not exist in those languages.
In modern terms it is probably English. It is always changing.
2007-03-09 16:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the languages you already speak, and the opportunities you have to travel to a place where that language is spoken. It also depends whether you only want to speak it or want to write it correctly as well. Chinese has a lot of characters to learn and tones that may not be in other languges. Arabic has a complicated grammar and consonnants not found in any other language. Isolated languages in remote regions of the world may be even more difficult to learn because no teacher ever developed a way to teach the language and learning it can only be possible on site, involving complicated travel arrangements.
2007-03-10 15:21:44 · answer #2 · answered by Reindeer Herder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely Navajo.
The Americans used this language in some war, and the book that I read said that it was one of the top 2 hardest languages to learn (LEARN not SPEAK). The Japanese weren't able to decode it, so it was successful.
2007-03-10 03:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English. There are so many words in English that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Plus it is always changing. There are new words made from old ones or just plain made up... where the heck did 'bling-bling' come from anyway?
Of course there are also the questions and answers here in "Yahoo! Answers". I often find them hard to decipher or even understand, and they are supposed to be in English...I think.
And then there are all those rules of grammar. Some of those we 'native' speakers pick up just from hearing others speak as we grow up. Some have to be beaten into our thick skulls by poor overworked (and often frustrated) English teachers.
I really wish I'd payed more attention in those classes. I might be a better writer if I had.
2007-03-10 00:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by Sulkahlee 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have heard that Hungarian and Finnish are the hardest ones to learn because their grammar is very complex. Also, Arabic is considered difficult because it is read from right to left and its 28-letter alphabet is so different from the English alphabet.
2007-03-10 01:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by ♥pirate♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that the hardest language to learn is Chinese. Try being Chinese, and not even being able to speak it! It's THAT hard!
2007-03-10 00:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Speak 5 Languages
None, All the language are same,
sometimes you may say to yourself. ( i will never learn the language even if i try for the rest of my life, because is so hard......... not True.. dont say this to yourself.
it may seem hard to understand at beginning, but the more you listen and try to speak, you will understand and learn it.
because we are all human, and the language are all the same... just like the people all are the same, just different color and may look different, but we are all one.
so the answer to your Q? is NONE of the language is hard to learn...alright. peace out.
2007-03-10 03:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I read the most difficult languages in the world are Hungarian and Basque, but I think it always depends on your mother tongue.
2007-03-10 15:14:55 · answer #8 · answered by jenny_84_it 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japenese
2007-03-10 01:17:54 · answer #9 · answered by oih 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese and Arabic
:speaking is one thing, but i heard writing & reading are very complex and difficult for both languages.
2007-03-10 03:15:07 · answer #10 · answered by Cindy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋