However, if you’re up for a challenge, these are the 25 hardest languages to learn. No. of speakers: 5.5 million Where it’s most commonly spoken: Croatia A part of the Slavic language group ...

With over 12 million speakers, Zulu is widely spoken in South Africa, yet mastering it posessignificant challenges.

Why it's hard: Mandarin is a tonal language, meaning the intonation you put on a word can change its meaning. For example, the syllable "ba" could mean either "eight," "pull out," "hold," or "dad ...

According to a report from America’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI), many of the world’s languages can be placed in one of four categories – from easiest to hardest to learn. Learning a new ...

Zulu, spoken by over 12 million people in South Africa, is often cited as one of the most difficult languages to learn. Linguists argue that its complex sound system, noun classifications ...

There are some rumors that Polish is the hardest language to learn, but there exists an idiom never mastered by a single person on earth. Fittingly, it was brought to limelight by a Polish bookseller ...

Learning a language can’t be that hard — every baby in the world manages to do it in a few years. Figuring out how the process works is another story. Linguists have devised elaborate theories to ...