Top 10 Difficult Languages to Learn

For this list, we've rummaged through the world's languages and have selected those we deem the hardest to master.

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[gutz]

Who else is here who speaks a language other than English to see if their own language was on this list?

[harshittripathi]

Correction;: 10 most difficult language for english speaker

[kennethdesales]

People speaking 3 or more languages: multilingual
People who can speak 2 languages: bilingual
People who speak 1 language:





American

[powasjington]

#10 Hungarian
#9 Khoisan
#8 Korean
#7 Icelandic
#6 Sanskrit
#5 Finnish
#4 Japanese
#3 Arabic
#2 Russian
#1 Chinese

Honorable Mentions:
Dutch, Welsh, Greek, Hebrew

[giorgoskotronaros]

Just to save you some time:
10.Hungarian
9. Khoisan
8.Korean
7.Icelandic
6.Sanskrit
5.Finnish
4.Japanese
3.Arabic
2.Russian
1.Chinese

[SparklingHarmony]

This really depends on what language you know already.

[Coowallsky]

Russian is a hell of a lot easier than most in this list. Learning it gives you a leg up on other Slavic languages (though not all)

[rajeevranjan]

Native: Hindi
Easy: English, Sanskrit
Difficult:To make people understand that Indian is not a language

[hazimhamid]

Quirky girls be like:

"I'm fluent in American, Australian, Canadian and British"

[richtowers]

If you have no time:

10 Hungarian
9 Khoisan
8 Korean
7 Icelandic
6 Sanskrit
5 Finnish
4 Japanese
3 Arabic
2 Russian
1 Mandarin

[mr]

10) Hungarian
9) Khoisan
8) Korean
7) Icelandic
6) Sanskrit
5) Finnish
4) Japanese
3) Arabic
2) Russian
1) Chinese

[chuuseyelid]

for people who cannot be bothered:
• Hungarian
• Khoisan
• Korean
• Icelandic
• Sanskrit
• Finnish
• Japanese
• Arabic
• Russian
• Chinese

(I’m also part Filipino and Chinese, but the languages I speak are Swedish, Korean, Japanese and English)

[maianhtran]

It depends on your mother tongue
This is Top 10 Difficult languages for ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS
I am Vietnamese and i see that learning English is much more difficult than learning Chinese, which is the most difficult one in your list. It really depends on your native language

[tvd]

When they said Russian all slavic people had to laugh

[lina-lndh]

''only slavic language on this list is russian''

**smejem se v slovenščini**

[Ilk-adimmusluman-soy-adimTurk.]

the easiest language to learn is the language u love the most.

[harshbhatia]

No language is easy or hard. A NEW BORN CHILD CAN LEARN ANY LANGUAGE EASILY.

[marleelime]

I’m studying Japanese and the way she said “katakana” had me crying man

[wyntyrr]

“Only Slavic on this list is Russian.”
*Śmiech w języku polskim*

[MrGyapjasbubu]

the title should be : "Top 10 difficult languages to learn for english speakers"