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Method101

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Which is the hardest language to learn?
« on: May 14, 2009, 11:48:43 AM »
I think it's Japanese right?

If i decided to learn new languages i would chose Russian and Japanese.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 11:50:26 AM »
languages which includes clicking is the hardest ones, I think there are one or two types of those languagse in the world..

Xhosa for example..
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2009, 11:52:42 AM »
and Damin, Zulu, Sesotho, Dahalo, Dont know which is actually the hardest though.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2009, 11:52:49 AM »
german,japanese,chinese
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2009, 11:54:15 AM »
Quote from: Method101 on May 14, 2009, 11:48:43 AM
I think it's Japanese right?

If i decided to learn new languages i would chose Russian and Japanese.


There are no languages which are inherently more difficult than others because that depends on your starting position of a language and its structural content so for example even though Polish is very hard for Germans and English, it is comparatively easy for a Russian, likewise most Koreans learn Japanese with ease because of structural similarities.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2009, 11:54:39 AM »
Quote from: ironneck on May 14, 2009, 11:52:49 AM
german,japanese,chinese

no...

Normal languages has about 70-80 different tones while speaking, clicking languages have upwards 300. You do the math.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 11:55:30 AM »
Quote from: Swede! on May 14, 2009, 11:54:39 AM
no...

Normal languages has about 70-80 different tones while speaking, clicking languages have upwards 300. You do the math.

yes but i listed languages and not some bush shit
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2009, 11:57:59 AM »
Quote from: ironneck on May 14, 2009, 11:55:30 AM
yes but i listed languages and not some bush shit

Don't be ignorant. Just because you're not used to something doesn't mean they are not languages.
Dont fear what you don't understand, Embrace.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2009, 11:58:14 AM »
Icelandic

By far the hardest

Even the locals describe it as confusing.

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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2009, 11:58:45 AM »
Quote from: Swede! on May 14, 2009, 11:57:59 AM
Don't be ignorant. Just because you're not used to something doesn't mean they are not languages.
Dont fear what you don't understand, Embrace.

says the biggest racist here^^
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2009, 11:59:09 AM »
and please my turkish friend change your focking avatar, I think your posts are mine constantly lol.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2009, 12:00:58 PM »
Quote from: ironneck on May 14, 2009, 11:58:45 AM
says the biggest racist here^^

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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2009, 12:01:35 PM »
Quote from: Boost on May 14, 2009, 11:58:14 AM
Icelandic

By far the hardest

Even the locals describe it as confusing.



Thetta er satt!  ;D I lived in Iceland and studied Icelandic. This is very true but once again, it is a relative thing.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2009, 12:11:56 PM »
Arabic
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2009, 04:17:53 PM »
you can learn Katakana in a day and Hiragana in two

good luck with Kanji . . .
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2009, 05:41:14 PM »
Quote from: Deicide on May 14, 2009, 11:54:15 AM
There are no languages which are inherently more difficult than others because that depends on your starting position of a language and its structural content so for example even though Polish is very hard for Germans and English, it is comparatively easy for a Russian, likewise most Koreans learn Japanese with ease because of structural similarities.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2009, 01:38:47 AM »
 I had heard English is supposedly the most difficult to learn, because it borrows from so many others.

Personally, ...I was totally lost when I attempted Chinese.  :-[
I completely embarassed & humiliated myself, ...and there weren't even any witnesses.  :o  :-X
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2009, 01:25:01 PM »
One of my communication professors claimed that all languages are equally difficult to learn as a first.

I didn't believe him, so I never paid attention to what he said about secondary languages.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2009, 01:46:40 PM »
I have already answered this question. Read what I wrote. It is THE answer.
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Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2009, 05:56:08 PM »
Apparently 1st is Chinesse and 2nd is Polish
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