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What is the most difficult language in the world

What is the most difficult language in the world
There is hardly an answer to that question. The difficulty of a language depends primarily on its degree of proximity or distance from our native language. And here we are not just talking about the proximity of vocabulary and grammar, but also about our voice apparatus's ability to easily reproduce sounds and sound combinations. And of course, let's not forget about the ability of our hearing to distinguish these sounds because in some languages, the difference in making two close sounds like B and F, for example, changes the meaning of the word.  Today we will look at several languages that the average European is familiar with, but exotic or just hard. We're not going to try and qualify them because, as we said, it's largely subjective. For example, we as Bulgarians and Europeans easily understand Russian but for the Germans or English, it is completely foreign.

Basque Language - What We Need to Know

It's the language spoken by the Basques. This people today reside in the central part of northern Spain and the neighboring region of southwestern France. Geographically, people who talk live in Europe, but their language has nothing to do with the family of Indo-European Languages. Although it is surrounded by such, scientists call it a language inshape because it is not related to any European language. There are different theories about its origins, but still no one has a single opinion on where it comes from. Some scientists associate it with Etruscan Language, other with African or Caucasian languages, etc. There are some grounds for connection with the Iberian language, but it is not clear whether the similarities are due to kinship or only to neighboring. Here are some of the grammatical features of the Basque:
  • there are no prepositions;
  • generally there are no prefixes, which are leftovers that are noticed in some static terms, but the speakers of the language do not realize them as such;
  • the word order is sublog-adjustable; 
  • almost all verbs are expressed by perifrasis (an inalienable part that carries the essential meaning + auxiliary verb).

Chinese, Japanese, Thai and other Asian languages

For Europeans, these languages are very different and therefore difficult to learn. Most Asian languages are written in a very different way. Chinese and Japanese, for example, use what is called hieroglyphics. In Chinese each symbol represents a seed or morphema (a meaningful particle of the tongue), as well as a syllable. So the written language can be defined as a morphemothic-sync letter. The Japanese writing is called Kanji Kana majiribun. Her name means that she consists of Kanji (synchronous kandji, Chinese hieroglyphics) and syllable letters (syncholic) It is interesting that just as in the Basque region, the structure of the sentence in Japanese is a subtext "satisfactory." This rule is quite strictly observed because changing the word order actually changes the meaning of the phrase. Another feature of language is that the prepositions actually stand after the word. Probably why it's more appropriate to call them clues. As far as prepositions are concerned, Chinese looks like Japanese - they stand behind. In contrast, however, in the Chinese word line is free, meaning it can follow the rule sublog-scientifiably-advantage (as in the Bulgarian and most European languages) or the parts of the sentence are arranged differently without affecting the meaning. Chinese is an analytical language, meaning there's no tension, no tendencies and no endings in it. One of the peculiarities of Chinese grammar is the existence of a single grammatical form for each word, which is why the complete lack of verb timing, pledge, membership, genus and number. How do you think it's easy to learn? Thai is called Thai. It is composed of 44 letters, however, which are a written sign of consonant letters. The voices are marked by diacritics under, above or side of the letter. The Thai language falls into the column of so-called tonal languages. So besides diacritics for vocal sounds, there are also those marking the tone of the syllable. The writing goes as in Bulgarian from left to right, but there is no interval-distributor between words. Where space occurs, it actually means the end of the sentence. With several curious facts we will include the Korean one, which has become particularly popular in the European Union for the past 10 years. It belongs to the Altaic languages, including Turkish, Mongolian and Japanese. And there are a lot of Chinese loans in it, and the alphabet is called Hongminjongum. Yeah, we're talking alphabet here, not hieroglyphs. It consists of 40 letters, meaning the vowels with 21 and 19 consonants. The word order of Korean language is sublog-adjustable. However, he is not strictly defined. In addition to the predictableness found at the end of the sentence, its other parts can relatively freely move. Curiously, Koreans have a variety of language means of polite expression - verb endings, polite verbs, polite nouns, some forms of modesty.

Russian language - myth or reality is its difficulty

We have already said that the difficulties of a language depend on the degree of proximity to our native. In this sense, for us Bulgarians Russian should be relatively easy because:
  • Our alphabet is common - Cyrillic. In its Russian version, however, there are several letters more - " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • Many words are common or common root. This makes them easily recognizable and at least partly, even without prior knowledge of the language, we can understand the meaning of simple phrases;
  • the popularity of language in Bulgaria at different historical periods. This makes him known for generations of Bulgarians, but also means that there are multiple interactions and word loans between the two languages;
  • he rests on the basis of the old Bulgarian. He, in his Russian version, was the official language of the Moscow Princess until the end of the 17th century. This is what makes the Russian one of the most close to our language Eastern Slavic languages. 
Despite this proximity, however, when you start to speak Russian, you will surely face some difficulties because:
  • Russian has maturity. In Bulgarian they have long disappeared and their function is taken over by the prepositions;
  • The slopes are one less than the Bulgarian - abiding, expressive and conditional exist in both languages. But in Russian it is not re-expressed, and its function is performed by the past tense;
  • in Russian there are only three verb times - present, past and future. 
We made the above comparison of Russian with Bulgarian because as we said, they are closest. But it's obvious that even as such, they have a lot of differences and specifics. And imagine how much harder it will be for a European who is not even familiar with the Cyrillic. And if you want to take advantage of your advantage as a European Cyrillic-controlled, do not delay but sign up for Russian course at the Language School And remember, there are no difficulties beyond the limit! If you have good motivation, stubbornness and a good teacher - every language will eventually reveal its secrets to you. 
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