What is the most difficult language to learn?

Well I believe for me, all the language I dont know will be a trouble to learn hehehe, Maybe Korean, Chinese, Japanese. Because the way he words are pronounced differ from English and Filipino.

It is really so amazing that there are hundreds of languages spoken in countries around the world. And, they are of course very unique. Some languages, those spoken in neighboring countries, do sound a bit similar, and they can to some extent communicate too. It is easier to participate in the communicate if one can speak the local language, of course.

I am an Indian and can speak and write three Indian languages Konkani, Marathi and Hindi. About foreign languages, I had my entire education, except for primary upto 4th standard, in English. I also learnt Portuguese a bit, being Portuguese ruled during my primary and secondary school education. I also learnt French. It was my second language subject in S.S.C.. Although I learnt French for good 4 years and subsequently had a stint with Allians Francaise for several times during my professional carrier I could not speak French, So I consider French to be quiet a difficult language.

For me, the most difficult languages would be French and Japanese. I have a special problem with French since I am not European - which means I lack the nasal sound that is essential in speaking. Speaking Japanese is fairly difficult because I find that the rate of speech of the native speakers are too fast (that is, of course to be expected). However, i have difficulty in both language in terms of writing. I don't have the inclination to learn 3 types of Japanese characters - in addition to the actual number of characters that needed be learned. In French, the pronunciation differs from the spelling which is something that I am not used to doing. I am proficient in two languages and a bit on others.

I have heard the most difficult language to learn is Icelandic. I personally only speak one. I used to be conversant in Spanish, but over the years through lack of use have lost it. I am working with my daughter on Spanish now and it is starting to come back. I think I am going to push hard to relearn it as soon as I can.

No one person knows the answer to this question, as they won't be able to learn all language words and grammar rules in their life time. Some languages may be harder for certain individuals to follow, as their brain is less efficient at processing that information. On the other hand, they may have a plus point at learning other types of languages. Well the word of tongue is the best language a person can practice.

I used to speak, read, and write 5 languages and 2 alphabets. Then almost 2 years ago I had a severe head injury and lost all 5 for awhile(even my native tongue~English)...I can read and write English again, but it is a slow struggle getting the other 4 back. Shortly before the head thing, I had started to learn Russian...I don't think there is any hope for that one now...that would be a third alphabet. That would be just too much. Shalom~Adoniah

The languages I currently know how to speak, are, Korean English and Spanish. I believe that English is the hardest to learn because it has so many grammar restrictions/filters and etc.