German is a very rich language that allows for the expression of ideas and concepts without much confusion. that is why german is the language of philosophers. a student who is starting to learn german, will have a really hard time finding the meaning of words in a dictionary.. German is tougher than the romance languages but the romance languages are pretty easy. guest thu jun 12, 2008 3:47 pm gmt german is easier to learn because german and english belong to the same family of languages whereas romance languages are less related to english.. Difficulty depends in large measure to the degree on the distance between l1 and l2, hence english will be more difficult for speakers of chinese than for speakers of german, everything else being equal (learning environment, language aptitude, language attitude, age, and so forth)..
Second-language acquisition (sla), second-language learning, or l2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language. second-language acquisition is also the scientific discipline devoted to studying that process.. What you should know about german language. german is considered to be the most popular language in eu with almost 100 million speakers and it’s an official language not only of germany, but also of liechtenstein and austria.. 182 thoughts on “what are the hardest languages to learn?” nicolas renaud. you are right, it depends on the learner and on another factors to determine the difficulty of a language! for me german grammar and the order of words in a sentence are much more complicated. but learning is always possible with hard work! thanks for the great.