What language makes most sense?

English came out on top, but not by much. Most of languages grouped pretty closely together, however, Japanese lagged behind the rest. Interestingly, the languages that conveyed the least amount of information per syllable, like Spanish, Japanese, and French, tended to be spoken at a faster rate.
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Which language is most concise?

The most succinct language is Mandarin Chinese, in traditional characters, followed by the same language in simplified characters. With little surprise, in the 10 most succinct languages, one has languages with one syllable per character (Chinese, Yi, Amharic, Korean) and Japanese (which is a very special system).
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What is the most structured language?

Sanskrit stands out over other languages for its beauty of sound, precision in pronunciation, reliability and structure. The 50 alphabets of Sanskrit used all parts of the mouth which makes it easy to pronounce any word with ease.
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What is the perfect language?

Sanskrit is probably the only known language in the world boasting of a context free grammar, which makes sentence formation utterly precise, based on set rules.
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Which is the simplest language?

'” That metaphorical process is at the heart of Toki Pona, the world's smallest language. While the Oxford English Dictionary contains a quarter of a million entries, and even Koko the gorilla communicates with over 1,000 gestures in American Sign Language, the total vocabulary of Toki Pona is a mere 123 words.
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Comparison: Hardest Languages To Learn



What is the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.
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What is the fastest language?

1. Japanese: Japanese is the fastest recorded language. It has a rate of 7.84 syllables per second.
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What language is worth learning?

1. Mandarin Chinese. With over one billion Mandarin Chinese speakers in the world, of course it tops the list of most important languages to learn in 2021.
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Does English sound pretty to foreigners?

English can be a very beautiful language in both sound and meaning. There are many dialects and accents with English, so some will sound more pleasing than others. English has a long history with Western culture and Western thought, which in itself can make English beautiful.
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What language should I learn 2022?

Mandarin Chinese

It has over one billion native speakers and lies on the top of the list of useful languages to learn in 2021 or 2022.
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Is Spanish or French more useful?

If you live in the United States or plan to travel throughout Latin America, Spanish is probably going to be much more useful to you. However, if you're in Canada, or planning to travel or do business there, knowing French is going to be more helpful — it's an official language of the country, after all.
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What language should I learn in 2022?

The best foreign languages to learn in 2022
  • Arabic. The Arabic language is quickly becoming a seriously worthwhile investment for those hoping to reach the growing economies in the Middle East and Africa. ...
  • French. So, French turns out to be a slightly controversial one. ...
  • German. ...
  • Hindi. ...
  • Mandarin Chinese. ...
  • Portuguese. ...
  • Spanish.
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Why is English so slow?

There are a number of reasons why English is spoken relatively slowly. Firstly, English has 20 vowel sounds. This means that the mouth has to be in 20 different positions to make all those noises. That requires agility and takes time.
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Can I learn 3 languages at once?

yes. It is possible especially for young learners provided that they are exposed to the 3 languages in conducive environment.
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Which languages will go extinct in the future?

The 15 languages that could soon be extinct
  • Resígaro. In 2016, Rosa Andrade Ocagane, the last female speaker of the Amazonian language was murdered in Peru at age 67.
  • Chulym. Russia's 2010 census revealed just 44 speakers of the Chulym Turks' language. ...
  • Mudburra. ...
  • Patwin. ...
  • Ainu. ...
  • Chamicuro. ...
  • Vod. ...
  • Chemehuevi.
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Is English the easiest language to learn?

Despite these difficulties, English is actually the easiest language in the world to learn. You may think I'm crazy for saying this but allow me to explain. Unlike other languages, English has no cases, no gender, no word agreement, and arguably has a simple grammar system.
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Is it too late to learn a new language?

Many people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts, however, will tell you that you're never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though. Children and adults learn new languages in different ways.
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What is the hardest language to learn if you don't speak English?

If you don't speak English, the hardest language to learn would be Spanish. Spanish is a Romance language that is spoken in many parts of the world. It is also one of the most difficult languages to learn because it has many sounds and grammar rules that are different from English.
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What language is closest to English?

The closest language to English is one called Frisian, which is a Germanic language spoken by a small population of about 480,000 people. There are three separate dialects of the language, and it's only spoken at the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
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Which language is mother of all languages?

"Tamil is not only an international language, it is like a mother of all languages in the world,"' he said.
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What language has the least sounds?

The Central dialect of Rotokas possesses one of the world's smallest phoneme inventories. (Only the Pirahã language has been claimed to have fewer.) The alphabet consists of twelve letters, representing eleven phonemes.
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What are the 3 most used languages in the world?

The most spoken languages in the world
  1. English (1,132 million speakers) Native speakers: 379 million. ...
  2. Mandarin (1,117 million speakers) ...
  3. Hindi (615 million speakers) ...
  4. Spanish (534 million speakers) ...
  5. French (280 million speakers) ...
  6. Arabic (274 million speakers) ...
  7. Bengali (265 million speakers) ...
  8. Russian (258 million speakers)
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What 3rd language should I learn?

All in all, Mandarin is the best language to learn because of its growing economy and number of language speakers. Spanish and Arabic are next for the the top spots for the best language to learn abroad because of the sheer demand and job opportunities for them.
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What languages are the future?

Both Hindi and Urdu from the Indo-Aryan language are potential languages of the future. Hindi is the native language of 535 million people in India. Like China, this population continues to grow every year.
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