English isn't the most difficult language out there (i'm willing to be sanskrit can't be that easy), but it is seen as one of the most difficult of the western world. learning cyrillic, or mandarin, or arabic, with a completely different alphabet, would obviously be more of a challenge than just learning how words are written in a different order.. New to reddit? click here! you learn something new every day; til that for native english speakers, the hardest languages to learn are: arabic, cantonese, mandarin, korean, and especially japanese. ojibwe was once in the guinness book of world records as the most difficult language (for english speakers, i assume), but the ranking was. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. redditors who speak english as a second language: what was the hardest concept to grasp while learning? (self.askreddit) submitted 2 years ago by ryanm154. since this is a thread.
First, here are the hardest and easiest languages in europe for native english speakers to learn. a map of the fsi's language difficulty rankings in europe. courtesy of fummy/reddit. Add that to the fact that chinese is a language rich in homophones and full of idioms and aphorisms picked up over the course of its long history, and mandarin becomes arguably the most difficult language in the world for an english speaker to learn.. The hardest word in the english language for foreigners to the pronounce is 'worcestershire', according to a recent poll.. on a recent reddit thread, user justatreenut, asked people from around.
