I already speak English, Irish-Gaelic, German and French. I want to learn 2 more languages. Can someone please give me a list of easy, average and difficult languages, clearly laid out. Thanks.
PS Please don't mention Spanish, as I will definitely be learning that, and do not mention any other Romance, Celtic, or Germanic language.
Thanks in advance for answering./
2007-09-08 04:34:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Arabic, such a beautiful language.
2007-09-08 04:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swedish or Romanian.
Also, Chinese is a very difficult language. The way you pronounce a word can mean a totally different word if you pronounce it differently a second time. It's all about stressing a certain vowel or vowels that change a word. It's very difficult. If wanting to learn another Asian language then I suggest Japanese because the language is very flat if you stress a vowel MOST of the time it doesn't change the meaning as opposed to Chinese. But if you still continue to learn Chinese then I suggest Mandarin-Chinese, it's sounds so much more beautiful to me.
2007-09-08 05:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For their usefulness or for your pleasure there are languages you could learn.
So, we don't mention Germanic languages (they're logically the easier for you since you're English-speaking).
We count out Romance languages or Celtic ones.
This said, other languages are rather "harsh" to learn.
Grammatically, Indonesian is easy and written in Latin letters (220 M Indonesian speakers).
Persian written in Arabic alphabet is an Indo-European tongue easy enough to be fluent in for English-speaking people (about 100 M Persian speakers)
Swahili in Eastern Africa has a simple enough grammar.
Vietnamese could be interesting for you.
These languages could be considered easy(relatively).
Average: Slavic tongues such as Russian, Serbian,Bulgarian , Ukrainian (Written in Cyrillic alphabet).
Or, Czech,Slovak,Polish,Croat (Written in Latin alphabet).
Difficult but very interesting : Arabic, Japanese,Chinese,Berber,Hungarian,Finnish.
As you speak English, in America you'd use Spanish (you're about to learn) French you already know.
Everyone will understand you there!
In Oceania, English and French alone allow you to be understood everywhere!
In Europe, French, English,German,Irish (+Spanish you're about to learn!)
give you the keys to this whole continent!
In Africa,French and English are the two more spread languages across the continent.
In Asia, English is known a little (but not so much as one believes!) German unknown and French spoken only in Lebanon,Syria,Israel and maybe less and less in Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia).
So, this continent is your "WEAK point", thus, I'd suggest you to learn a tongue from Asia, Chinese or Indonesian (I forgot to mention Hindi but there English is more or less understood!) or both of them!
In Africa, three tongues are "almighty" English,French and...Arabic (which is spoken too in Asia) so learning this language would be a plus for you!
My piece of advice for you would be to learn Arabic and Russian (spoken in Siberia and central Asia for instance Kazakstan) OR Arabic and Chinese.
I hope it helps!
2007-09-15 09:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by NARCISSE42 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Java Native Language, Cantonese, Chinese, Tamil
2007-09-08 04:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by tedpad 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about Japanese and either Russian or Bulgarian? I understand that Japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn and Bulgarian ranks about sixth I understand. Bulgarian and Russian are very close - both being from the Cyrillic alphabet - and I would imagine useful if you are intending to become an interpreter. Good luck and i envy your abilities.
2007-09-08 04:42:49 · answer #5 · answered by alex s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people enjoy learning Italian for some reason, and almost everyone wants to learn Chinese.
If you plan on learning Chinese, let me warn you that it's going to be very difficult. I know this because I am Chinese.
2007-09-08 04:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Taciturnity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chinese! Since they are gaining so much ground in the world it may be a good language to know.
2007-09-08 04:39:27 · answer #7 · answered by Ktcyan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about the Basque language Euskara? I have been told that it is quite interesting and challenging to learn.
2007-09-08 07:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by wee falorie man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take up chinese and japanese. They are so prominent in culture, it would behoove anyone to learn these languages.
2007-09-16 02:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by D M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow! you can speak several languages. i notice you never mentioned any asian language. what about asian languages? say japanese, mandarin or any chinese languages, korean, filipino, bahasa.
2007-09-15 04:47:15 · answer #10 · answered by sandae 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋