<p>What languages are easier to learn if you have a good command of English? I've heard Swedish is easier to grasp. Spanish maybe, but just because it's taught alongside English in the US all the time. What are your opinions?</p>
<p>German… Simple just basic english imho</p>
<p>Pronunciation is quite a bit different, but the grammatical structure of Swedish is really similar to English, not to mention that they’re both Germanic and thus have lots of similar vocabulary. Also, verbs aren’t conjugated according to number/person, which makes learning them pretty simple. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s really a useful language to learn, as most people that speak Swedish (or Norwegian or Danish) as a first language speak English. It’s the most widely spoken Scandinavian language, but if you’re gonna learn a Germanic language, learn German.
You should learn Spanish. It’s easy enough to at least become basically proficient, and it’s very useful.</p>
<p>I’ve heard Farsi is very easy. I don’t know how true that is though.</p>
<p>any romance language</p>
<p>There was a guy a while ago who kept advertising Esperanto…</p>
<p>But yea, I’d have to agree with smiley. Romance languages are all fairly similar to English.</p>
<p>Australian .</p>
<p>I would have to say any germanic language would be the easiest, and of those german would be the most useful.
@Qwerty-I’d have disagree about Farsi. I’d think it’s pretty difficult because of its similarities to Arabic.
Romance languages aren’t too bad either because of the frequency of which they are used in the US.</p>
<p>German. I’d also suggest Low Dutch, but not too many of those outside of the Netherlands…</p>
<p>I’d say French because the vocabulary is very similar, ([File:Origins</a> of English PieChart 2D.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg]File:Origins”>File:Origins of English PieChart 2D.svg - Wikipedia))
After all English royalty did speak French at one point… or something like that. Anyways the vocabulary is similar, grammar isn’t too different, pronunciation is a ***** but once you get it you get it</p>
![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg]File:Origins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg%5DFile:Origins){kind=link}
<p>German has many words that sound and look like English.</p>
<p>I fail at word order and stuff, however. I don’t like it.</p>
<p>The easiest is most definitely what ThisCouldBeHeaven said.</p>
<p>Although English is termed a Germanic language, this is primarily because Old English was very similar to German. Grammar is very different between the two languages (although anyone with knowledge of Latin or Classical Greek or Russian will find it easy), although, as mentioned, vocabulary is often similar. French (and other romance languages) too shares a lot of common vocabulary, and the grammar is closer to English. But then, having studied Italian, German, Greek, and Latin, I find Latin to be the easiest of them.</p>
<p>So weird, I just read an article on this:</p>
<p>[Speak</a> Easy: The Simplest Languages to Learn - DivineCaroline](<a href=“http://www.divinecaroline.com/22189/80253-speak-easy--simplest-languages-learn]Speak”>http://www.divinecaroline.com/22189/80253-speak-easy--simplest-languages-learn)</p>
<p>It explains it all, with pros and cons of each language.</p>
<p>^ Wow, big coincidence. Kind of a hokey looking site, but looks like it’s good information.</p>
<p>Spanish’s right here, duh</p>
<p>I have to disagree with the Romance language one. My mother language is a romance language -Portuguese-, and no offense guys…but most English speakers have horrible pronunciation when it comes to Romance languages. And some of the more advanced English vocabulary is akin to certain romance languages, thanks to the Latin roots, but I do have to say that basic English vocabulary is not. I’d have to agree with some of the others and say to go with something like German…</p>
<p>@Metallika:</p>
<p>While the pronunciation may be off, the grammar is easier to learn than that of German and similar languages. And the spoken aspect is only one fourth of language - even without proper pronunciation, the writing, reading, and listening can still come more easily. German is easier to understand for English speakers, but it’s typically harder to master the grammar.</p>
<p>I speak Romanian so I have a perfect accent for romance since Romanian is a romance language. Metallika, I hear ya. It bugs me to know end when I’m in Spanish and people don’t say things right or even try to.</p>
<p>Personally, I find Romance languages really easy. While a lot of English speakers never get the pronunciation quite right, “salut” comes much more naturally than “marhaba” or “ni hao.”</p>
<p>I think Scots has to be the easiest language to learn for English speakers. Go look at the Scots Language Wikipedia. It’s almost mutually intelligible.</p>
<p>This is a sentence in Scots: Scots (or “Lallans” a poetic spellin for lawlands) is a Germanic leid that’s spak in the Scots lawlands, Northren Isles an in Northren Ireland an the Republic o Ireland (whaur it’s kent as “Ullans” in offeecal circles, but by ordinar fowks as “Scotch” or “Scots”). In maist airts, it’s spak alangside the Scots Gaelic an Inglis leids.</p>
<p>leids = language.</p>
<p>Then again, some people consider it to be a dialect rather than a language.</p>