The surprising language named 'easiest to learn' for Brits - not French or Spanish
The easiest languages for Brits to learn have been revealed - and the top one might surprise you.
Most of us are likely to be inspired to pick up a language or two this summer. But which language is the easiest to learn?
Scrap those plans to pick up Mandarin or Arabic.
According to Babbel, one of the biggest language learning platforms, English speakers will find Norwegian the easiest language to master.
Why not? It sounds like English with similar sounding words. Sprinkle a little ‘vommer’ or ‘sommer’ in your conversations and you’re already on your way.
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It’s almost like a distorted English. Just take the phrase “Can you help me?”. In Norwegian, it’s “Kan du hjelpe meg?”. See the similarity?
“Another selling point for Norwegian: the grammar is pretty straightforward, with only one form of each verb per tense,” according to Babel.
All you’ll need is 24 weeks, or 600 hours, to learn Norwegian - apparently.
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Just as easy (but not quite as simple) for Brits to learn is Norway’s cousin language, Swedish.
It’s simple grammar and word order mean English speakers can pick it up in the same amount of time as Norwegian.
Swedish and English share similar words. Grass? We’ve got you. It’s gräs.
Spanish comes a close third with Dutch named as the fourth easiest language to pick up.
Despite being close to English, the grammar of both German and Danish are in no way easy, and so they make up the fifth and sixth spots on the list.
Portuguese and French are the seventh and eigth easiest language to learn.
Ninth? Swahili, spoken in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Surprising, but with many borrowed English words and straightforward grammer, this might be the language for you.
