EASIEST Language to learn for a native english speaker? (24)

23 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-04-07 12:47 ID:bGJxhJrx

Read "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson. It gives an overview of the history of the English language without getting overly complex about things. It is good at showing which languages share some similar roots with modern English (e.g. Norman French, Viking Scandinavian, Old Germanic languages.) it doesn't tell you what is the best, because a.) it is a book about English and b.) that is a ridiculously complex question due to the changes in English over time, and the very personal nature of language learning. I'd personally say either French or Spanish, simply because they are the most useful languages world wide that share some roots with English.

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