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Thread: Two most difficult languages to learn
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[quote=PETERJOHN,246704]Vietnamese has 7 tonal sounds (rather than the 4 [or 5 if you count toneless] in Chinese). Finnish has 15 verb cases. That has to be incredibly frustrating to learn. I've been told by a language expert that Icelandic is probably the most difficult language to pronounce correctly. It is said that it is impossible for foreigners to learn Icelandic because the tongue has to take shapes that can only be learned early in life. I don't know if I agree with that though. But Malaysian is hard too because they speak at 1000 miles per hour. And then there's the Basque language (Euskara). It is not related to any known language on Earth. Maybe it came from space aliens? Words change depending if it's a positive or negative statement, if it's a permanent or temporary idea, and so on. Ni gaixorik nago (I am sick) Philip gaxorik dago (Philip is sick) Ni gizona naiz (I am a man) Philip gizona da (Philip is a man) Naiz = Am (Perminent) Nago = Am (Temporary) But another western language expert who speaks both Arabic and Chinese told me that Chinese is harder than Arabic. He says that you can learn the entire Arabic alphabet in a couple weeks.[/quote]
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