Top 10 most difficult to learn languages

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10. Icelandic

This languagepreserved in itself a lot of ancient words, nowhere else in Europe anymore not used. Many Icelandic sounds do not have exact analogues, so you can learn them only by listening to the native speaker. The complexity of Icelandic is also evidenced by proper names. For example, in 2010 the whole world tried to remember the name of the awakened volcano Eyyafyadlayekudl.

9. Polish

Polish grammar has more exceptions than rules. To study the seven Polish cases it is easier to learn the spoken language at first, and only then to try to understand logic. In the alphabet, the Poles have 32 letters, many of which have 2-3 variants of pronunciation. Despite the fact that many words seem familiar to the Russian ears, they often have completely different meanings. By the way, the name of the city L'o'dz ', which we know as Lodz, Poles are pronounced as "Vuj."

8. Basque

In the language of the northern regions of Spain 24 cases. This is one of the oldest languages ​​in Europe. Word formation in it occurs by adding prefixes and suffixes to the stem. So, verb forms for different times are difficult to remember, because not only their ending, but also the beginning, is changing.

7. Estonian

In this complex language there are 12 cases. In addition, the same word can have 3-4 meanings, many of which date back to the 12th-13th centuries, when the Estonian language was being formed. Vowels in the language have 3 degrees of longitude, but only two of them are displayed on the letter.

6. Navajo

This language of the American Indians was used by the US to transmit radio messages during the Second World War. Decipher the intercepted message the Japanese could not, becausethere were no published dictionaries for the Navajo. To date, about 180 thousand people speak the language.

5. Japanese

Learning to read in Japanese does not mean learning to speak it, because hieroglyphs from books do not give any idea of ​​pronunciation of words. In addition, in the language of the 3 letter system. Kanji uses Chinese characters, katakana - the syllabic alphabet for borrowed words and hiragana - the alphabet for writing suffixes and grammatical particles. Until 1959, Japanese writing was conducted from right to left and from top to bottom. A student wishing to obtain a diploma of higher education must learn 10-15 thousand hieroglyphs.

4. Hungarian

This complex language is the leader in the number of cases, in Hungarian there are 35. In addition, the language has a lot of suffixes and expressive idioms. Many vowel sounds are difficult to repeat, since they are pronounced deep in the throat.

3. Tuyuka

One of the Indian languages ​​is common today only in the areas of the Eastern Amazon. One of the main difficulties is the system of verbal endings, indicating where the speaker knows about this or that event. For example, "Diga ape-wi" means that "the boy played football( I know it, because I saw it)".

2. Arabic

The first difficulty of the Arabic language is a letter. Many letters have 4 different spellings depending on the position in the word. Vowels are not included when writing, hyphenation is not allowed, no capital letters. In addition, the Arabs write from right to left. Grammar is complicated by unusual features. So, in addition to the only and plural in Arabic, there is a dual number.

1. Chinese

Despite all the complexity, this language is the leader in the Top 15 most common in the world. The main difficulty of Chinese is 87 thousand characters. The truth for elementary communication is enough and 800, and knowing 3 thousand hieroglyphs, you can read the newspaper. Another difficulty is dozens of dialects that do not resemble each other. By the way, in some regions of China they are written from top to bottom from right to left, while in others the European style of the usual horizontal writing is adopted.