These are the 11 Easiest Languages to Learn

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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  • @TheTravellingLinguist
    @TheTravellingLinguist2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @teresita.lozada

    @teresita.lozada

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am refreshing my French and learning Swedish from scratch.

  • @Hoppi1001

    @Hoppi1001

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jeremiasrobinson

    @jeremiasrobinson

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @debbieprince7622

    @debbieprince7622

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF2 жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @John-ei1uh

    @John-ei1uh

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @nsxproperties560

    @nsxproperties560

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @Deckbark
    @Deckbark2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheBlimpFruit

    @TheBlimpFruit

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Deckbark

    @Deckbark

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheBlimpFruit

    @TheBlimpFruit

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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
    @arcadious60312 жыл бұрын

    Wow, super interesting!

  • @thato596
    @thato5962 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @zeenohaquo7970
    @zeenohaquo79702 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ronaldonmg

    @ronaldonmg

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @JuanGabrielOyolaCardona
    @JuanGabrielOyolaCardona Жыл бұрын

    太感谢了。😃🇨🇴👍

  • @edwardsaulnier892
    @edwardsaulnier892 Жыл бұрын

    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).

  • @emeraldsroses0524
    @emeraldsroses0524 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Abbashabi
    @Abbashabi Жыл бұрын

    bro plz make video about burushaski..

  • @tasiatyler4662
    @tasiatyler46622 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tasiatyler4662

    @tasiatyler4662

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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 жыл бұрын

    @@tasiatyler4662 That's amazing!! :)

  • @averyhufford9437
    @averyhufford9437 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jeppe-Covid1959

    @Jeppe-Covid1959

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aleksplavcev8044
    @aleksplavcev8044 Жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @perryroldhan1758
    @perryroldhan1758 Жыл бұрын

    klingon is very easy to learn !

  • @ronaldonmg
    @ronaldonmg Жыл бұрын

    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
    @fukpoeslaw36132 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @@TheTravellingLinguist thank you

  • @cordes6900
    @cordes6900 Жыл бұрын

    ''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

    Жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @jaysterling26
    @jaysterling26 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lxl-official
    @lxl-official Жыл бұрын

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

  • @SerbianNationaIist
    @SerbianNationaIist Жыл бұрын

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

  • @trevormillar7404
    @trevormillar7404 Жыл бұрын

    I find German easiest for an English speaker

  • @dacicus090
    @dacicus0909 ай бұрын

    Dutch easy? You are funny!

  • @cipimari123yt
    @cipimari123yt7 ай бұрын

    German is easy