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ReplyRe: Which is the hardest language to learn?
from Marianne on 06/11/2015 02:51 PMI had to write everything again after crashing, forgot a part of the initial text, and a correction did not function; here are some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa
Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?
from Marianne on 06/11/2015 01:59 PMIt is hard to say which language is the most difficult to learn. It depends on the learners' skills, motivation and means (dictionaries, etc.), it depends on the teacher, and it depends on the language to be learned, and if it is quite a different family and writing, it will be all the more a challenge.
In Europe, they say that Russian (language group including Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Serbian, etc.), German and Latin are the most difficult in Grammar (and for the Russian group, the cyrillic alphabet is an additional challenge), but various other languages and groups are very complicated too, if thinking of the Ugro-Finnish group, Polish, Czech, Greek, Basque, Gaelic (whether Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Brittonic, etc.), or Albanian, etc.
In Asia, Chinese has various language groups and writings, India and Sri Lanka are a melting pot of varied cultures and languages, Japan has also several main languages and writings, and South East Asia has a similar variation of languages and cultures.
And on the American side, Native languages and their groups might be a complicated "puzzle" - filled with poetry ...
Re: This is Us
from Marianne on 06/11/2015 12:54 PMA really excellent post, doofiegirl - I was only one of your many, probably too many raving acquaintances - lol. 
Re: Some are thinking of leaving the site
from Marianne on 06/11/2015 12:39 PMI hope that you won't leave this site.
It is really useful ...
And I am sure that with a bit of patience and creativity, we will have more possibilities. 