Agree, it's great to know a lot of foreign languages and be able to communicate with people from around the world.
Although, what to say - the knowledge of at least one foreign language language promises great prospects not only in communication, but also in a career. But to admit honestly, studying a foreign language is not an easy matter, which requires a scrupulous approach.
Remember, we told you about the 25 most complex languages in the world ? But not everything is so difficult - some languages are easy to learn. Now we offer your attention a list of 20 foreign languages, which will be easy enough to learn almost anyone. So, we reserve ourselves with patience and start to learn!
20. English
In English there are no genera, cases, word matching; its grammar is quite simple. Language is widespread, it is spoken everywhere. The words in it are short, the verbs change only for a third person. The speakers of the language are calm about the mistakes of foreigners. Many people study English as a second language, and there are more than enough opportunities for studying. Thus, English is one of the simplest languages to learn.
19. Mandarin Chinese
Despite the fact that the Chinese language and any of its dialects are considered one of the most complex languages in the world, Mandarin is still worth trying. Firstly, it is quite an interesting tone language, whose words with different intonations can mean absolutely opposite things. Secondly - it is for this reason that he was on our list - there is a huge amount of teaching materials that will help learn this language.
Speaking of materials, we mean quality benefits that explain all the subtleties of Mandarin Chinese. For example, the Bengali language, belonging to the same language family as English, does not have such a training base. Although it is much easier than Chinese.
18. Hindustani (Hindi / Urdu)
Although the people of India and Pakistan like to pretend to speak different languages, do not believe it. In fact, Urdu and Hindi also differ "strongly", like American and Scottish English (that is, in almost no way). The main difference between these languages is that Urdu uses the Arabic alphabet in the letter, and Hindi - Devanagari (a unique Sanskrit system, a kind of Indian language).
17. Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian)
Serbo-Croatian language belongs to the Indo-European language group and is a South Slavic language. Different dialects of this language are spoken in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. It should be noted that this language has both Cyrillic and Latin. Serbo-Croatian is easy to learn, as many letters are similar to the English and Russian alphabets.
Hebrew
The Arabic language and Hebrew are somewhat similar. But Hebrew is much easier to learn. First, in the Arabic language, there are many diverse dialects that are hard to remember. Secondly, due to the fairly widespread Jewish diaspora, there is a huge amount of quality Hebrew study tools.
15. Greek
Despite the fact that the Greek language has its own alphabet, it is easy enough to learn it, since it belongs to the Indo-European language group. Words and grammar will be familiar to those who already speak English. There are also a lot of resources for studying the Greek language.
14. Polish
The Polish language belongs to the West Slavic group of Slavic languages. That is, he has a Latin alphabet, which is relatively easy to learn. The only difficulty that can arise in the study is the presence in the Polish language of a number of sibilant consonants next to each other.
13. Czech
Today, the Czech Republic is a dynamically developing country, so many people choose it for their place of residence or travel. This language is phonetic and easy to learn, and also has a lot of teaching resources. Moreover, Czech and Slovak are similar languages.
12. German
In truth, German is linguistically more diverse than any other language in the world. We take a resident of Germany and a resident of southern Switzerland. They both speak German, but in fact they are different languages. Do you see how huge a linguistic scale is? The main thing is that you need to learn the so-called "high German language" (Hochdeutsch).
11. Romanian
The first language in our list belongs to the group of Romance languages. Romanian is considered a fairly simple language for studying, although it does not look like Russian. The languages of the Romance group have a simple structure and grammar, which makes them accessible and understandable. Even for those who have not studied English or any other foreign language.
10. Portuguese
Another language belonging to the Romance group of languages. But, despite the similarity with the Romanian language, the Portuguese is much more popular in the world. Therefore it is much easier to learn. The benefit of educational literature and a variety of courses is complete!
9. Italian
Agree that the Italian language is a sweet harmony for human hearing. One of the most beautiful languages in the world is easy to learn and melodic. Moreover, it will not be difficult for you to find the necessary training resources for studying it.
8. Swedish
Swedish is the most accessible of all Scandinavian languages. Why? Because it speaks a large number of people, and therefore the possibilities for its study are much greater.
7. Spanish
One of the most favorite languages for studying all over the world is precisely Spanish. The fact is that Spanish is the simplest non-German language. For those who know English or French, it is even to some extent too simple. Most importantly, the Spanish language is relatively consistent pronunciation.
6. Esperanto
Esperanto is an international language invented by Polish physician L. M. Zamengoff in 1887 so that people from anywhere in the world can understand each other. Language includes understandable words and 16 grammatical rules. It is easy to learn, and for 3 months you will be free to speak it (while for any other language you will need 3-5 years). It is recommended that you learn Esperanto for further study of other foreign languages.
5. French
French is so easy to learn for those who know English only because for a long time England and France have had a significant impact on each other. Therefore, in both languages, so many borrowings. True, French has a specific pronunciation, which will have to get used to.
4. Dutch
Dutch is a German language family. The sound of Dutch is similar to English mixed with German. Such a strange combination. But in studying it is quite simple.
3. The Frisian
English, Scots and Frisian constitute the Anglo-Frisian subgroup of the West German language group. Despite the fact that the Frisian language is the most similar to English, it is not widely distributed in comparison with other languages. In the world on it only 500-700 thousand people communicate, and that - in the Netherlands and Germany.
2. Scottish
Do not be surprised - the Scots speak Scottish. And although in the world this language has the status of a "controversial" language, Scotland residents stubbornly do not want to recognize that their language is very similar to English. Such is the irony!
1. Afrikaans (Boer)
As you might already know, Afrikaans is the language of the inhabitants of South Africa and Namibia. In its echo resembles a simplified version of the Dutch language without using conjugations and pronouns. It is easy to learn and is considered one of the most beautiful languages on the planet!