What is the easiest LANGUAGE to learn????

malay

Seeing as you already speak English your best bet would be another european language as it will be easier for you to learn to read and all that. Espectually since English is based of many other languages.

Malay language…. I think.

Esperanto!

Here is a language that was designed for simple, expressive communication. As of 1995 it was estimated to have over 2 million speakers, and that has probably grown by leaps and bounds with the rise of the Internet.

Further down are a few sites that assist you in travelling for very little money with this language.

Here is a short and sweet lesson so that you can see for yourself how simple Esperanto is. More detailed on-line courses are available below as well as mail courses. Esperanto clubs are readily available in most areas. Correspondence is also readily available.

Each Esperanto letter has only one sound, always. Here is a guide to some of the sounds. The stress is always on the next-to-last syllable of a word.

A – ‘AH’ as in palm
E – ‘EH’ as in there
I – ‘EE’ as in three
O – ‘OH’ as in glow
U – ‘OO’ as in too

c = ts (in lots); oj = oy (in boy); G = g (in go)
kn are always pronounced separately: k-nabo

Just to drive the point home. Letter sounds ‘NEVER’ change and ‘NEVER’ have more than one sound.

Numbers and colours:

0 nulo (say: noo-lo)
1 unu (say: oo-noo)
2 du (say: doo)
3 tri (say: t-ri)
4 kvar (say: k-vahr)
5 kvin (say: k-veen)
6 ses (say: sehs)
7 sep (say: sehp)
8 ok (say: ohk)
9 naŭ (now)
10 dek
11 dek unu
…
20 dudek
21 dudek unu
…
30 tridek
31 tridek unu
…
100 cent (say: tsent)

flava (flah-vah) yellow
verda (vehr-dah) green
blua (bloo-ah) blue
blanka (blahn-kah) white
nigra (nee-grah) black
griza (gree-zah) grey
bruna (broo-nah) brown
ruĝa (roo-jah) red
(“ĝ” as in “gem”, “gentle”)

All nouns end in ‘O’
All adjectives end in ‘A’
All adverbs end in ‘E’
All past tense verbs end in -is (say: ees)
All present tense verbs end in -as (say: ahs)
All future tense verbs end in -os (say: ohs)

Example:
La bona (adjective) knabo (noun) trinkis (past tense verb) malrapide (adverb).
(The good boy drank slowly)

By applying markers to the words it allows us some flexibility in word order. (Remember, Esperanto is intended as a language that can be spoken by many different groups, and they don’t all use the subject – verb – object word order. For example, German usually places the verb at the end.)

Word construction follows a very easy system which uses a small system of prefixes and suffixes. For example

By placing the -in- suffix before the final ‘O’, you make it feminine.
Patro – Father
Patrino – Mother
Filo – Son
Filino – Daughter
Frato – Brother
Fratino – Sister

By placing the prefix Bo- in front you get the in-laws (or out-laws depending on your point of view.)

Bopatro – Father in law
Bopatrino – Mother in law
Bofilo – Son in law
Bofilino – Daughter in law
Bofrato – Brother in law
Bofratino – Sister in law

By placing the -id- suffix before the final ‘O’, you make it an off-spring.

Hundo – dog
Hundido – puppy
Kato – cat
Kitido – kitten
Koko – chicken
Kokido – chick

By placing the prefix Mal- in front you get the opposite.

Bona – good
Malbona – bad
Seka – Dry
Malseka – wet

This system stays the same throughout.

Below I’ve listed just a few sites of interest, including a Brazilian site that has a free down loadable instructional program with interactive pages; a very good program. You can sign up for tutors on this site.

Here’s something interesting.
There are even native speakers of Esperanto. The number is considered to be in the 2000 range. These are people who are the product of couples who have met through Esperanto and each speaks different languages. Therefore the house hold language is Esperanto.

Search for speakers with Pasporta Servo the International Hospitality Service using Esperanto.
http://www.tejo.org/eo/ps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo
With these services available you can visit many countries very cheaply, find a plethora of friends and more importantly learn about their culture and language.

There are a wide range of cultural materials available also. I spend a good deal of my time listening to Esperanto music. I find it helps in tuning my ear to it. Also, there is no lack of original and translated written works to enjoy.
Like the Klingon said, ‘you haven’t lived until you’ve read Shakespear in it’s original Klingon.’ (Please note tongue firmly planted in cheek). Yeah well, wait till you read him in Esperanto.

By all means, research and draw your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

german and french.

In my opinion, there is no ,,easy language”. Every language has its easy parts as well as difficult ones and it depends on what languages you can speak. For me it is important whether I like the sound of language. If I do I can learn everything.