The world's most difficult languages to learn

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Indonesian​

Indonesian gets a score of three on the difficulty ranking list. The language is spoken in the Southeast Asian country of Indonesia.

I would say that Malay and Bahasa Indonesia, are not any where close to 3 8j the level of difficulty.

 

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I would say that Malay and Bahasa Indonesia, are not any where close to 3 8j the level of difficulty.

Absolutely agree and I am with you on this.

 

[jw5]

Thai​

Thai has a totally different alphabet, making it extremely hard to learn for English-speakers.

 

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Vietnamese​

Another language with a different alphabet is Vietnamese.

 

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Arabic​

Part of the difficulty with Arabic is that it's a language that is spoken differently depending on where you are. For example, the Arabic spoken in Morocco is different from the Arabic spoken in Egypt or Saudi Arabia.

 

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Welsh​

Welsh is a Celtic language spoken in Wales.

 

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Gaelic​

Also called Scottish Gaelic, it's a Celtic language spoken in Scotland.

 

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Dutch​

Dutch also makes this list. It's spoken in the Netherlands.

 

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Afrikaans​

A daughter language of Dutch is Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa.

 

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Korean​

Korean is also a language isolate. It's hard to learn because of its completely different alphabet and grammatical structure.

One Korean king invented Korean language. It said that to make it easier to learn instead of mandarin which they had been using. In olden days the used mandarin as written language until today companies, shops and their ic have mandarin name. When the King started to gather Korean characters they were so afraid of the Chinese Emperor might not approved and attacked them, so they had to do it secretly.
The King said it will be easy and everyone can learn this language. After reading what it said, I tried to learn on youtube,
It is so difficult. But at least I learnt one word, jibye yo = please.
So when you are in korea you can say
Jibye yo, jibye yo, jibye yo freely and nobody will stare at you.

 

[jw5]

One Korean king invented Korean language. It said that to make it easier to learn instead of mandarin which they had been using. In olden days the used mandarin as written language until today companies, shops and their ic have mandarin name. When the King started to gather Korean characters they were so afraid of the Chinese Emperor might not approved and attacked them, so they had to do it secretly.
The King said it will be easy and everyone can learn this language. After reading what it said, I tried to learn on youtube,
It is so difficult. But at least I learnt one word, jibye yo = please.
So when you are in korea you can say
Jibye yo, jibye yo, jibye yo freely and nobody will stare at you.

I'll try saying that the next time I am in Korea.

 

[jw5]

Slovenian​

This language would be useful to learn if you plan on visiting the beautiful European country of Slovenia. Otherwise, very few people outside of Slovenia actually speak Slovenian.

 

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Slovenian​

This language would be useful to learn if you plan on visiting the beautiful European country of Slovenia. Otherwise, very few people outside of Slovenia actually speak Slovenian.

There are very few Slovenians in the world, probably more outside of Slovenia.
I am of Chinese descent, but I completed prvi razred at Slovenska Schola (grade one at Slovenian School) in the mid 1980s. I still can read, speak some and understand some Slovenian. It is not difficult to learn.
It has a c, c with the "hat" (pronounced as ch), s, s with the hat (sh), z, z with the hat (zh, as in zaba, for frog). But there is no w, x and y.
J is pronounced as a Y, as in the name, Marija (mariya).
Dober jutro for good morning
Dober dan for good day
Lepi dan for beautiful day
Lepa zena for beautiful lady
Hvala lepa for thank you very much
Kako siti for how are you

 

[jw5]

There are very Slovenians in the world, probably more outside of Slovenia.
I am of Chinese descent, but I completed prvi razred at Slovenska Schola (grade one at Slovenian School) in the mid 1980s. I still can read, speak some and understand some Slovenian. It is not difficult to learn.
It has a c, c with the "hat" (pronounced as ch), s, s with the hat (sh), z, z with the hat (zh, as in zaba, for frog). But there is no w, x and y.
J is pronounced as a Y, as in the name, Marija (mariya).
Dober jutro for good morning
Dober dan for good day
Lepi dan for beautiful day
Lepa zena for beautiful lady
Hvala lepa for thank you very much
Kako siti for how are you

Absolutely agree and I am with you on this.

 

[jw5]

Japanese​

Finally, Japanese. According to Rype, it can take a whopping 88 weeks to learn this East Asian language, making it one of the most difficult!