| Did you ever wonder 'what is the hardest | | | | language to learn to speak badly but a difficult |
| language to learn?' If you have ever spent time | | | | languageto speak well. I also think that writing |
| studying aforeign language, you may have | | | | English properly is very difficult and that is where |
| thought at one point that you had chosen the | | | | peoplehave the most difficulty with English. But I |
| most difficult languageto learn. But is that just | | | | also don't think that English is the most |
| temporary frustration talking, or is there really | | | | difficultlanguage. There are lots of better |
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| There are lots of factors that make a language | | | | Chinese. There are two main reasons for this. It's |
| hard or easy to learn. The most important is | | | | notthe grammar because Chinese grammar is |
| whatyour native language is - the language you | | | | actually quite easy. It's the tones. The same word |
| grew up speaking. This will have the greatest | | | | can besaid in four different tones and have four |
| impact onhow you learn languages. Other factors | | | | different meanings. That's just Mandarin Chinese. |
| are - learning a new alphabet or writing system, | | | | In someother dialects (like Cantonese) there can |
| new grammarrules and strange new sounds to | | | | be up to nine distinctly different tones! This |
| make. | | | | makes thislanguage very difficult for someone to |
| It's really a combination of actual characteristics of | | | | learn if it is not their native language. |
| a language and your own personalexperience. But | | | | The other reason Chinese is so difficult is the |
| if the majority of people agree that one language | | | | traditional writing system that is still widely in use. |
| is hardest to learn, then itprobably is. I take a | | | | There is a different symbol for every word! This |
| survey on my website and the vast majority of | | | | makes even a basic vocabulary of a few |
| people seem to choose thehardest language | | | | thousand words very difficult to learn to read and |
| based on what their native language is. Although | | | | write. |
| many who speak English as a second language | | | | There are other candidates for the Most Difficult |
| choose it as the most difficult language, it is not | | | | Language to Learn such as Arabic, Russian, |
| the most popular choice. | | | | Japanese, Finnish, Hungarian, Navajo and many |
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