With the proliferation of apps such as Google Translate and Triplingo, it’s easier than ever to travel to new places without learning the local language first. Even so, learning a foreign language is worth the extra trouble since it allows you to connect with other cultures, improve your working memory, and even enhance your decision-making skills. Certain Romance […]
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I have friends with Polish, Chinese, or other ancestral ethnicities that are mentioned in this re-blog.
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I’m not sure I necessarily agree with the list. My list would definitely include Finnish, Hungarian and Basque.
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I am sure different people have their own Top 5 choices in this category. I visited Finland in 2005 and I would include it. Thankfully, those I met spoke English.
There are some dead languages that qualify too. I had a Greek friend who complained someone with a Greek last name was pronouncing it wrong. I tried to make the point that’s how he pronounces it. Waste of my breath.
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Hard languages indeed
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