Hungarian is a Uralic language, making it distinct from many European tongues that are part of the Indo-European language family.
Mandarin is a tonal language, meaning the tone or pitch used when saying a word can change its meaning.
Any language learner knows that it’s a journey that’s never Finnish-ed (pun very much intended).
The good news for those interested in learning Vietnamese is that the vocabulary and grammar are known for being fairly straightforward and logical.
Many Scandinavian languages are known for being easy fodder for English-speaking language learners, thanks in large part to their Germanic roots.
It’s the sixth-most spoken language in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be a walk in the park for new learners.
As with many languages listed here, taking up Serbian will mean learning a new alphabet and adjusting to a slew of grammar rules.
One of the difficulties English speakers are likely to face when learning Japanese is the phonetics.
Icelandic and English may both fall into the Indo-European language family, but the two share surprisingly few loan words.
About 38 million people worldwide are already speaking Thai, so it must not be too challenging, right? Well, for an English speaker, learning Thai may be easier said than done.