Hardest Languages to Learn

 Nearly 7000 languages are there in the world but only a few of them are generally use in our daily life. In largely outspoken languages also there are few hardest languages to learn. There will be many reasons to consider a language as hardest as – Grammar, Pronunciation, Slang, Form and Usage, Understanding the script.

Following are some of the hardest languages to learn:

MANDARIN:

Mandarin is a language that originates from China. The most native spoken language in the world is also said to be a difficult language to learn by an English speaker. Mandarin’s phonetic transcription system pinyin has four distinct pronunciations and not only this Chinese language is rich in homophones and full of idioms and aphorisms. All these reasons will make Mandarin the hardest language to learn for an English speaker.

ARABIC:

Arabic has originated in Egypt where Arabs used to live during the 4Th century. There are  4 different written forms of Arabic, for most of the letters depending on where they are placed in a word. Vowels are not included while writing which complicates the language. Arabic has different dialects too, is Arabic spoken in Egypt is different from Arabic spoken in Saudi Arabia.

JAPANESE:

Japanese is the National language of Japan. There are thousands of characters that need to be learn for writing Japanese. It has 3 independent writing systems, namely-

a. Hiragana

b. Katakana

c. Kanji

Each one will have different alphabets. When considering Mandarin it is somewhat easier to speak.

HUNGARIAN:

Hungarian is the official language of Hungary and one among 24 official languages in the European Union. It originated in the western part of Siberia but the grammar rules of Hungarian are most difficult. The mix of cultural events in language makes it hard to learn.

KOREAN:

Korean is a unique language and the official language of Korea. In Korean, while describing an action, the subject goes first, then the object, and finally, the sentence ends with the action. It is quite twisty to English speakers even after translating. It is a language with no demonstrable genealogical relationship to other languages.

ICELANDIC: 

In the 12th century, Icelandic originated.  It is the official language of Iceland from the year 2011, extremely complicated and spoken by less than 4 lakhs people on the island. They don’t adopt foreign words, instead they create new words which give new meaning to old words. All of this makes this language hard to learn.

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