Which langauges are easiest to learn?

Answer 1

Sign language. I had so far 30hours and I can easily communicate with anybody with empaired hearing.

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.)
Research and draw your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 3

It depends on your native language (L1). The more similar the L2 is to your L1, the easier it will be. If you studied a language as a child, like French, then you will still have some residual knowledge, making French easier to learn as an adult; you will be a 'false beginner'. Turkish is surprisingly easy to learn. It uses the Latin alphabet, it is completely phonetic, and it has no gender or irregularity. The grammar is wierd at first sight, but a little goes a long way.

Answer 4

I think any language which utilizes the same alphabet and characters would be easiest to learn - (ie) French, Spanish etc.
Arabic and Chinese, for instance, would be much more difficult to grasp.
In addition, you'd also want to consider the compexity of the grammar principles.

Answer 5

Spanish

Answer 6

The easiest language to learn is body language. It's universal and easy to evaluate. The easiest spoken language is probably babytalk. it only has a few syllables.

Answer 7

It all depends on your first language. See for me my first language was Konkani(an Indian language) so it was very easy for me to learn Hindi and harder to learn English. However, if you start with English, then French and Spanish are easy to learn because the words are very similiar in those languages. Or for example, if you start with Mandarin Chinese, which is said to be the hardest in the world for English speakers, then Japanese would not be hard to learn.

Answer 8

English, in my case.
If it's your native language - try Italian or German (though I find German very difficult because of all the der die das that my language (Polish) lacks.
Also, try to learn a language that is somehow similar to your own, for example if you're Spanish-speaker try Italian or French.

Answer 9

I believe the romance languages (French, Italian and Spanish) are fairly easily in comparison to English and some of the Asian languages which have a lot of complexity and nuance.

Answer 10

Like mentioned, depends on your starter llanguage.

BUT - there is one language which is spoken worldwide called "Esperanto". Actually, it's an artificial l;anguage, made up I think 150 years ago, to be an international language. Simple grammar, NO exceptions.

As it seems you speak English, try other European languages. Might be more useful.

Answer 11

It depends on your starter language. Spanish is pretty easy for English speakers; German is harder unless you've had a lot of grammar or already taken another language.