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What Are the Most Difficult Languages To Learn?

Some languages are easier to learn than others, and the answer to “Which language is easiest?” varies based on the speaker’s native language. The closer a language is to an already-known language, the easier it will be to learn. The most difficult languages to learn typically have a different alphabet

than the learner’s native language. For example, French is easier for an English speaker to learn than other languages because it uses the same Latin alphabet, whereas Greek would be more difficult because it uses the Greek alphabet. Spanish According to the U.S. census, Spanish is the most common non-English...

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