These are the 11 Easiest Languages to Learn

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  • Learning another language is so beneficial and can improve not only your job opportunities but connect you with so many amazing and incredible people around the world. Learning a language is of course no easy feat. So, if you're unsure of which language to learn, why not go for the easiest? For English speakers, there are certain languages which will be easier than others. The more different a language is from English, the harder it will be. In this video, we explore 11 languages which will be the easiest for English speakers to learn.
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Комментарии • 44

  • @TheTravellingLinguist
    @TheTravellingLinguist  2 года назад +2

    Which language are you most excited about learning? Have you found any language particularly easy to learn?

    • @teresita.lozada
      @teresita.lozada 2 года назад +1

      I am refreshing my French and learning Swedish from scratch.

    • @Hoppi1001
      @Hoppi1001 Год назад +1

      I find Haitian creole to be an easy language to learn, especially if you are French (I am not though).

    • @jeremiasrobinson
      @jeremiasrobinson Год назад

      @@Hoppi1001 I am learning Haitian too. I love it.

    • @debbieprince7622
      @debbieprince7622 Год назад

      I love the Finnish language, though I wouldn't say it's very easy to learn. There are about a bazillion cases, so there's that. But regardless, that's the number one language I'd love to be able to master.😮

    • @michmbolingaba7310
      @michmbolingaba7310 Год назад

      Hello sir. I would like to learn Spanish. I speak French and my English knowledge is not that poor. Thanks.

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF 2 года назад +27

    Norwegian is incredibly easy to learn for English speakers, even more so than Dutch and a lot more than German. Norwegian is like simplified English it's such fun!!!!

  • @RobertTheDodger654
    @RobertTheDodger654 Год назад +8

    As regards Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, learn them all simultaneously, so as to compare their similarities (and differences !)

    • @John-ei1uh
      @John-ei1uh Год назад +2

      That sounds like a terrible idea. Also those 3 countries mostly speak English anyway

    • @nsxproperties560
      @nsxproperties560 9 месяцев назад

      I heard that if you are going to study one, study Norwegian as it's like a middle point between Danish and Swedish.

  • @Deckbark
    @Deckbark 2 года назад +9

    French 🇫🇷
    Spanish 🇪🇸
    Portuguese 🇧🇷
    Romanian 🇷🇴
    Italian 🇮🇹
    Swedish Norwegian Danish 🇸🇪🇸🇯🇩🇰
    Dutch 🇳🇱
    Esperanto 🏳️‍🌈
    Frisian 🇦🇶

    • @TheBlimpFruit
      @TheBlimpFruit Год назад

      Aren't Swedish and Danish meant to be a bit harder than Norwegian?

    • @Deckbark
      @Deckbark Год назад

      @@TheBlimpFruit yeah but i guess they´re only in the list because they´re germanic languages as english

    • @TheBlimpFruit
      @TheBlimpFruit Год назад

      @@Deckbark it's true that they would be easier for English speakers because they're germanic languages, but interestingly languages like German and Icelandic are considered harder than something like Spanish.

  • @arcadious6031
    @arcadious6031 2 года назад

    Wow, super interesting!

  • @thato596
    @thato596 2 года назад +4

    I think a easy language for english speakers would depend on a person. Millions of people found french hard to learn but they were able to learn a indian or chinese language

  • @JuanGabrielOyolaCardona
    @JuanGabrielOyolaCardona Год назад

    太感谢了。😃🇨🇴👍

  • @emeraldsroses0524
    @emeraldsroses0524 Год назад +3

    I don’t agree with the ease of learning a Romance language if you’re a native English speaker. The verb tenses alone make the languages difficult to learn. The vocabulary may not be too difficult to master, but grammar can be complicated. As a native English speaker I have found learning Norwegian much easier both for grammar and vocabulary. It’s also made easier for me as I speak Dutch as a second language, so I see many similarities. In turn, I can read a bit of Danish and Swedish.

  • @tasiatyler4662
    @tasiatyler4662 2 года назад +7

    I'm learning Turkish! I just started picking up the language from watching Turkish dramas. I'm now fully immersed in learning to be fluent in the language. I'm lucky to have Turkish speaking people at a coffee shop one town over! My next challenge will be French!! I love your channel and content!

    • @TheTravellingLinguist
      @TheTravellingLinguist  2 года назад +1

      That's amazing Tasia! How are you finding learning Turkish?

    • @tasiatyler4662
      @tasiatyler4662 2 года назад +1

      @@TheTravellingLinguist I'm doing great I love it! Seems like something I knew in another life lol! It's my understanding Turkish is based in the French language. Which is pretty cool as I want to learn that as well!

    • @TheTravellingLinguist
      @TheTravellingLinguist  2 года назад +2

      @@tasiatyler4662 That's amazing!! :)

  • @zeenohaquo7970
    @zeenohaquo7970 2 года назад +3

    Esperanto does have an accusative case ending with -n; something which i personally wish it doesn't have, to further simplify its grammar.

    • @TheTravellingLinguist
      @TheTravellingLinguist  2 года назад +1

      Interesting! I did not know that it has an accusative case ending. Thanks for sharing!

    • @ronaldonmg
      @ronaldonmg Год назад

      How would that simplify anything? Without the accusative ending, you would need a fixed word-order to tell who does what to whom. The N-ending is quite similar to M in English who/whom, they/them, he/him.. Esperanto merely tacks the same ending on all nouns, adjectives and pronouns

  • @aleksplavcev8044
    @aleksplavcev8044 Год назад +2

    The english native speakers must "change" their mentality before to learn another language
    But yes some languages are more simple to learn depending on your mother tongue (and your motivation)

  • @edwardsaulnier892
    @edwardsaulnier892 Год назад +1

    I speak English and French and have studied Italian and Russian. These mentioned languages are easier for English speakers, than the languages of eastern Asia. I have been learning Korean, and it is a lot more challenging. Despite its relatively easy-to-learn writing system, its syntax and lexicon is much more difficult. It doesn't have the many Latin roots as found in the Romance languages; instead, it has besides its native vocabulary, a large number of words from Classical Chinese (and I don't mean Mandarin).

  • @averyhufford9437
    @averyhufford9437 Год назад +2

    The hardest language I've attempted to learn was German. The grammar was complex.

    • @Jeppe-Covid1959
      @Jeppe-Covid1959 Год назад

      As an elderly gentleman, I know about the problems with: der, die, das, den, dem usw.
      Und... Durch, für, gegen, über, wieder, um: Nimmst du nicht Akkusativ, dann bist du wirklich dumm.
      Aus, bei, bei, nach, ist Dativ.
      Grammar, never learns you to speak an other languase. But it can learn you to spelll in your own.

  • @perryroldhan1758
    @perryroldhan1758 Год назад +2

    klingon is very easy to learn !

  • @Abbashabi
    @Abbashabi Год назад

    bro plz make video about burushaski..

  • @ronaldonmg
    @ronaldonmg Год назад

    In dutch "grammar-school" (VWO) I was taught English, French, German and Latin. Compared to those, Esperanto is incredibly easy.
    What languages are easy *for you* partly depends on how *your* brain is wired though. I have met dutch who cannot handle English, but have no problem with French, or vice versa.
    I have not yet met anybody claiming that Esperanto is harder than any european national language

  • @fukpoeslaw3613
    @fukpoeslaw3613 2 года назад +2

    I'm not a professional expert, but I speak Dutch as my first language, English as a second and I was exposed to (Dutch) Frisian in my youth regularly cause most of my family speaks it. I think Frisian and Dutch are fare more close than Frisian is to English, Frisian sometimes even looks closer to German. I think Frisian is only closer to English historically seen, in reality Frisian is a lot closer to Dutch, especially "plat nederlands", the Dutch spoken outside of the west (and probably outside of the province of Limburg, i can't understand Venlos or Maastrichts at all)

    • @TheTravellingLinguist
      @TheTravellingLinguist  2 года назад +2

      I would totally agree with that! It does sound a lot closer to Dutch, despite how the lineage might appear on paper.

    • @fukpoeslaw3613
      @fukpoeslaw3613 2 года назад

      @@TheTravellingLinguist thank you

  • @cordes6900
    @cordes6900 Год назад +1

    ''Dutch a child of English and German''? Well English is a much newer language, indeed influenced by Frisian more then Dutch, but also the other Germanic languages and French.

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 Год назад

      Please show how English is influenced by Frisian.
      Some latest research (? ) have shown that Frisian came from England not vice versa ( like Breton).
      English 'newer' needs explaining as well .

  • @lxl-official
    @lxl-official Год назад

    I think English is the reason why French language is the next lingua franca

  • @jaysterling26
    @jaysterling26 Год назад

    Isn't Afrikaans easier than Dutch?
    I've read that Norwegian & Afrikaans are easiest ( non creole languages e.g.Papimiento , Haitian French , a pidgin - Tok Pisin, or a constructed languagese) native English speakers.

  • @trevormillar7404
    @trevormillar7404 Год назад +1

    I find German easiest for an English speaker

  • @cipimari123yt
    @cipimari123yt 8 месяцев назад +1

    German is easy

  • @dacicus090
    @dacicus090 10 месяцев назад

    Dutch easy? You are funny!

  • @YugoslavForever
    @YugoslavForever Год назад

    RUclipsr: mentions Serbia or anything Serbian related (4:33)
    Me: FUCK YE BOI, SERBIA NUMBER ONE!!! WOOOO