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by Crumb Eye on October 17th, 2005

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For an English speaking person, which language is generally considered the easiest to learn?

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  • by Lynzee on June 19th, 2008

    Lynzee

    Definitely French and Spanish.

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  • by E as in egg on June 19th, 2008

    E as in egg

    If you only want to speak it, I would say German. It shares many of the same words, and even without knowing anything of the language, you can pick up words here and there. I don't speak it, but have been in contact with many German speakers and can make out the general idea of what they are saying.

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  • by Jacques on October 13th, 2009

    Jacques

    The best language to learn is the one that you have a practical use for. Otherwise, all that learning goes to waste.

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  • by GreenFreak on June 19th, 2008

    GreenFreak

    I think all the German based languages are easiest (my first language isn't English, so this is just an assumption).

    That includes
    German
    Dutch
    Danish
    Swedish
    Norwegian
    and probably some other I've forgot about

    Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are all very similar, so if you can speak one it wouldn't be much of a problem to learn the two others, but they're all very different from English in some ways, so German is probably the easiest

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  • by Brian on June 19th, 2008

    Brian

    I've heard that Frisian, which is a Dutch dialect spoken mostly in northern Holland, is almost identical to English as it existed in its earliest form.

    I'm not that familiar with Frisian but perhaps it would be easy to learn.

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  • by mistje on June 19th, 2008

    mistje

    English is a Germanic language, along with German and Dutch. I am in the process of learning Dutch, and it is coming along quite easily for me. I would say Dutch instead of German first, because German has way more articles than Dutch or English... in English you can say "the" for every noun... in Dutch there are two options, "de" and "het" depending on the gender of the noun (which rarely fits male or female descriptions)... and in German I have heard there are 16 different ways to say "the". So choose Dutch! :)

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  • by patio4it (tumblr) on June 19th, 2008

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    Esperanto

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  • by anonymous on September 4th, 2007

    anonymous

    Italian or any of the latin based languages as they have similiar words.

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  • by jpreppie on October 20th, 2005

    jpreppie

    Typically the romance languages (spanish, french, italian, etc.) would be the easiest to learn because they have a similar structure and the same alphabet, although the letters may represent different sounds. Languages such as Russian or Mandarin Chinese may be harder to learn because of the different characters.

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  • by DJ Butter jetpacking up up and away on September 4th, 2007

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    I'd say spanish or french...alot of the word bases are the same as words in the english language.

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  • by DJ Butter jetpacking up up and away on September 4th, 2007

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    I'd say spanish or french...alot of the word bases are the same as words in the english language.

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  • by Hannah on September 4th, 2007

    Hannah

    German. I took French up through AP level, and I took German for a year, and it was so easy to learn. It's alot like English, and it has an easy accent. It's also structured very much the same, or easier.

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  • by Piggle on June 19th, 2008

    Piggle

    WEll since you don't ask what "additional" language is considered easiest I would have to say English!

    But I found German a lot easier than French when I started learning foreign languages.

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  • by haggis on June 19th, 2008

    haggis

    basque

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  • by AIR_INDIA_says_Wass_Up on October 13th, 2009

    AIR_INDIA_says_Wass_Up

    german , french and japense r the best to learn

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