{"id":401,"date":"2021-06-30T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T06:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.vasco-electronics.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:45:55","slug":"what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the hardest languages to learn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Would you like to speak many languages, but find that learning them is difficult? Don&#8217;t worry, you\u2019re not the only one! You may want to learn one of the <strong>hardest languages<\/strong> in the world, or who knows, you may already be able to speak one of them! <strong>What are the hardest languages to learn<\/strong>? Let&#8217;s find out!<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"faq-section\">\r\n<h3>FAQ:<\/h3>\r\n<h4 class=\"question1\">What are the 5 most difficult languages?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer1\">The answers may differ, but generally it is believed the following languages are the most difficult to learn: Mandarin, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, and Finnish.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question2\">What is the most difficult language?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer2\">Based on most criteria, the most difficult language to learn is Mandarin.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question3\">Is Mandarin the same as Chinese?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer3\">Yes and no. Mandarin is one of the languages used in China, along with Cantonese.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question4\">Is Korean an easy language?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer4\">Korean is generally considered one of the easiest Asian languages. It&#8217;s mostly due to its simplified writing system.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question5\">What is the Japanese language called?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer5\">The Japanese language is known for its 3 writing systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question6\">Is it difficult to speak Polish?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer6\">Polish poses a real challenge when it comes to learning its pronunciation. It&#8217;s believed to have one of the most difficult phonologies in the whole world.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question7\">What language is closest to Icelandic?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer7\">The language most similar to Icelandic is Faroese. They have both evolved out of Old Norse and share a lot of similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question8\">What language is Finnish similar to?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer8\">Finnish belongs to the Uralic family which happens to be the rarest in Europe. For this reason, Finnish shares some similarities with Hungarian and Estonian, which are also part of this family.<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"question9\">What is the main Arabic language called?<\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"answer9\">It&#8217;s called Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), simply Arabic for short.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595.png\" alt=\"Korean or Japanese\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2d3ec698-3b1a-44c1-b318-bfcd83288595-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd3f31cac65\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" style='display:none' id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd3f31cac65\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#1_Is_Mandarin_hard\" >1. Is Mandarin hard?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#2_Which_is_harder_to_learn_%E2%80%93_Korean_or_Japanese\" >2. Which is harder to learn &#8211; Korean or Japanese?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#3_Is_Polish_a_hard_language_to_learn\" >3. Is Polish a hard language to learn?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#4_Is_Icelandic_hard_to_learn\" >4. Is Icelandic hard to learn?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#5_How_hard_is_it_to_learn_Finnish\" >5. How hard is it to learn Finnish?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/languages\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/#6_Is_Arabic_a_hard_language_to_learn\" >6. Is Arabic a hard language to learn?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Is_Mandarin_hard\"><\/span>1. Is Mandarin hard?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>One of the <strong>most difficult languages \u200b\u200bto learn<\/strong> is Mandarin. Mandarin is a difficult language to learn because it\u2019s full of idioms, aphorisms and homophones.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The first and most important\u00a0 thing that makes Mandarin a <strong>difficult language to learn<\/strong> is the alphabet, which is completely different from the western, Latin alphabet. In addition to the usual challenges that come with learning any language from scratch, people who are studying Mandarin must also learn thousands of special characters. Mandarin Chinese, which is the most common dialect in China, has four tones, so one word can mean four different things depending on how it is be pronounced. For example, the Mandarin word <em>ma<\/em> can mean \u201cmother,\u201d \u201chorse,\u201d \u201crough\u201d or \u201cscold\u201d \u2014 depending on the way you say it. So <strong>is Mandarin hard to learn<\/strong>? Yes, it\u2019s quite tough. Is it the <strong>most complex language<\/strong> in the world? It may well be.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1868\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c.png\" alt=\"Korean or Japanese\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a0840d51-9aec-4085-9789-609a2a4a318c-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Which_is_harder_to_learn_%E2%80%93_Korean_or_Japanese\"><\/span>2. Which is harder to learn &#8211; Korean or Japanese?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Korean is probably the strangest of all Asian languages. What makes it difficult to learn is that it does not appear to be related to any other language in any way &#8211; which also holds true for Japanese. Korean has a unique word order, complex grammar, its own alphabet and many more challenges. It\u2019s completely unique as a language and unlike any other language that you may have ever learned.<\/p>\r\n<p>Japanese is not <strong>the hardest language to learn<\/strong>. In fact it\u2019s easier to learn than Korean or even Mandarin. What prevents it from counting as\u00a0<strong>the most complicated language<\/strong> is that it has just 3 independent writing systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Each of them has its own alphabet, but once you\u2019ve learnt them, you can speak Japanese perfectly!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/translators\/vasco-translator-v4\">Speak More Languages Now<\/a><\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50.png\" alt=\"Polish language\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1e63e182-b94a-4825-958d-d08659dc0c50-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Is_Polish_a_hard_language_to_learn\"><\/span>3. Is Polish a hard language to learn?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Next on the list is of course Polish &#8211; one of the <strong>hardest languages to learn for English speakers<\/strong>. What makes Polish so difficult to learn is the fact that words in Polish are loaded with consonants, which makes them difficult to spell and pronounce. The next thing that makes Polish quite a difficult language is that it has 7 cases! One plus point at least is that Polish uses the Latin alphabet so you don\u2019t have to\u00a0 learn a new set of letters from the beginning.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8.png\" alt=\"Icelandic language\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3dd51b60-438a-4220-ba4f-548e992731c8-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Is_Icelandic_hard_to_learn\"><\/span>4. Is Icelandic hard to learn?\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>How hard is it to learn Icelandic<\/strong>? It\u2019s also one of the <strong>top 10 hardest languages to learn<\/strong>! Anyone who has ever traveled to Iceland completely understands why. Nowadays Icelandic is spoken by fewer than 400,000 people on one island where this language has remained virtually unchanged since the country was settled in the 9th and 10th centuries! What makes Icelandic one of the <em>hardest languages to learn<\/em> is that Icelanders make up new words for newly invented objects instead of adopting an English or French one. This means that you need to\u00a0 be living in Iceland to learn Icelandic completely.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1852\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2.png\" alt=\"Finnish language\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0f2fdb61-1082-4e10-981d-65af1bd7e5d2-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_How_hard_is_it_to_learn_Finnish\"><\/span>5. How hard is it to learn Finnish?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Finnish may look easy but don&#8217;t be fooled! Except for Hungarian and Estonian, it does not share any common traits with any other European language and stems from the Uralic language family. But what makes Finnish one of the <strong>most difficult languages to learn<\/strong> is the fact that it has a lot of grammar to grasp and may have extremely long words &#8211; even if you just want to say a simple thing! What\u2019s more, Finnish has several dialects &#8211; and there is also what you might call a mixture of Finnish and Swedish, spoken mostly in the Helsinki area. Finns are also known to be shy and quiet so you should be very careful when listening to them as you may miss a lot of what they actually try to communicate!<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1867\" src=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc.png\" alt=\"Arabic language\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc.png 1080w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e5b2b3fc-e7b3-4779-b828-65d44a7fc4bc-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Is_Arabic_a_hard_language_to_learn\"><\/span>6. Is Arabic a hard language to learn?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Another of the<strong> hardest languages to learn in the world<\/strong> is Arabic. Just how difficult is it to learn Arabic? This language has a lot of \u00a0varieties based on\u00a0 the region or country in which they\u2019re spoken \u2014 they can be radically different depending on where in the Arab world you are! No matter the exact version, one of the complications of Arabic is that it is written from right to left! What makes Arabic an even more complicated language is that some of the sounds used don\u2019t exist in other languages. The grammar is also a challenge; verbs tend to come before the subject, and you need to\u00a0 learn a dual form of words in addition to the singular and plural forms.<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Language<\/th>\r\n<th>Difficulty Level<\/th>\r\n<th>Key Challenges<\/th>\r\n<th>Estimated Time to Fluency<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Mandarin Chinese<\/td>\r\n<td>Very Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Tones, Characters, Grammar<\/td>\r\n<td>2200+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\r\n<td>Very Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Script, Dialects, Pronunciation<\/td>\r\n<td>2200+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Japanese<\/td>\r\n<td>Very Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Kanji, Honorifics, Grammar<\/td>\r\n<td>2200+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Korean<\/td>\r\n<td>Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Hangul, Honorifics, Sentence Structure<\/td>\r\n<td>2200+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Russian<\/td>\r\n<td>Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Cyrillic Alphabet, Cases, Aspects<\/td>\r\n<td>1100+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Hungarian<\/td>\r\n<td>Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Cases, Agglutination, Vowel Harmony<\/td>\r\n<td>1100+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Finnish<\/td>\r\n<td>Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Cases, Compound Words, Pronunciation<\/td>\r\n<td>1100+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Vietnamese<\/td>\r\n<td>Hard<\/td>\r\n<td>Tones, Pronunciation, Vocabulary<\/td>\r\n<td>1100+ hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Now that you know what the <strong>hardest languages to learn<\/strong> are, you can either challenge Yourself and try to learn them &#8211; or just use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/vasco-translator.com\/\">voice translators<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<h3>In a nutshell:<\/h3>\r\n<p>Learning any new language is difficult, but some languages are harder to learn than others. Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Finnish, and Arabic are all considered to be among the most difficult languages to learn. Each language has its own challenges, from unique alphabets to complex grammar. Mandarin is considered to be one of the most difficult languages to learn because of the large number of characters in its alphabet and the fact that each word can have multiple meanings depending on its pronunciation. Korean is also difficult to learn because it has no relation to any other language, making it unique in both its alphabet and word order. Japanese is considered to be easier to learn than both Mandarin and Korean, but it still poses challenges for English speakers. One of the main difficulties of learning Japanese is that it has three different writing systems, each with its own alphabet. Finnish is also considered to be a difficult language to learn, due in part to its many grammar rules and long words. Arabic is another difficult language to learn, primarily because of its different dialects and the fact that it is written from right to left. Despite the challenges posed by each of these languages, they can all be learned with time and dedication.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to speak many languages, but find that learning them is difficult? Don&#8217;t worry, you\u2019re not the only one! You may want to learn one of the hardest languages in the world, or who knows, you may already be able to speak one of them! What are the hardest languages to learn? 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