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Which is easier Greek or Japanese?

Which is easier Greek or Japanese?

Modern Greek is even easier than biblical Greek for English speakers. Japanese is very, very extraordinarily difficult because of the complexity of the writing system. Do Greek first without question.

Can a Greek learn Japanese?

Learning Japanese as a Greek is just as easy or hard as learning Japanese as an American or a Swede. Japanese uses three writing systems: hiragana, katakana and kanji.

Is Greek one of the hardest languages in the world?

Greek is a relatively difficult language to master. It’s more difficult for an English speaker than Dutch, French, and German, but it might be easier than Russian and Arabic. The reason for the Greek language’s difficulty is that it’s less closely related to English than other languages.

Is it easier to speak Japanese or Chinese?

The good news is that unlike Chinese, Japanese is a lot easier to speak. In fact, Japanese only has five vowel sounds, and the consonants generally overlap with English sounds. Japanese grammar is different, but not nearly as complicated as some Romance languages can be.

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What are the best languages to learn?

If you want to learn a language with a large number of speakers and which is spoken in many countries, the ones to choose in order of ‘usefulness’ are: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Japanese, Portuguese and Hindi/Urdu.

How difficult is it to learn Chinese?

Learning to read and write Chinese and Japanese is certainly challenging, and Chinese tones can be difficult to master. However, Chinese grammar is relatively straightforward, compared to European languages.

Why are some languages harder to learn than others?

Each language presents you with a different set of challenges. Languages might have complex inflectional systems, complex writing systems, irregular spelling systems, and/or complex phonology. Generally the more a language differs from your L1 or other languages you know, the harder it is to learn.