Have you always wanted to be one of those sophisticated women who can order with confidence at a French restaurant? But after taking a few lessons, quickly realised that Français wasn’t really your thing? Hey, it’s not your fault — it turns out that French is actually one of the harder languages to learn. Here are eight easy ones that will have you speaking fluently in no time:
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With the importance of this language rising, there are also more resources online to learn German. You’ll find plenty of options to choose from and its similarity to English is super close.
One reason Swedish is easier for English speakers to learn is the large number of cognates the two languages share (cognates are words in different languages that stem from the same ancestral language and look and/or sound very similar to one another).
Many Asian languages are incredibly difficult for English speakers to master due to the unfamiliar characters in their writing systems, but not Indonesian. It’s a phonetic language, made up of words that are pronounced exactly the way they’re spelled.
Though not as widely spoken as Spanish or Portuguese, Italian still has more than 63 million native speakers. Its Latin roots allow for a sizable chunk of cognates English speakers will recognise.
Dutch is the third most-spoken Germanic language, after German and English, which makes sense — due to shared vocabulary Dutch sounds like a combination of German and English.
Norwegian is a member of the Germanic family of languages — just like English! This means the languages share quite a bit of vocabulary, and the grammar is pretty straightforward.
Spanish has always been a go-to language for English speakers to learn due to its practicality and wide reach. Well, it’s also one of the easiest languages to learn.
Like Spanish, Portuguese has a large number of shared vocabulary words with the English language, which always makes picking it up easier.