Ok, so apparently researchers have found Turkish to be the easiest language. Are there any Turks here to comment? Has anyone learnt Turkish? Is it just the language of Turkish or Turkic languages in General?
Turkish is easy?
I've studied Turkish some years ago and I found it very easy. You can learn the grammar in just a month then all you have to do is to learn words. You don't have to worry about genders, irregularities and declensions (there are 6 cases but all nouns are inflected in the same way - learn 6 suffixes and that's it!). The pronunciation is also very simple. I don't know if Turkish is the easiest language but for me was easier than English.
Turkish is very easy when you start learning it. The words -- at least the ''pure turkish'' -- ones are very easy and pronounciation is easy to, at least for a German native speaker. (For English native speakers, the latter may not hold.) Yes, you need'nt worry about genders, there are very little irregularitys, but just learning 6 suffixes for noun declension isn't enough. You need to consider vowel harmony and consonant assimilations and some other stuff concerning laon words form arabic and farsi, so every suffix comes in at least two forms for DATIV -e, -a, four forms for ABLATIV -den, -dan, -ten, tan, and four forms for AKK. -i, -ΓΌ, -u, and -(i without dot) as exemples.
@ Guest Thu May 15, 2008 12:09 pm GMT
Can you tell us your mother tounge?
Can you tell us your mother tounge?
<<Hungarian is not easy and is related to Turkish>>
Actually, Hungarian is generally accepted NOT to be related to Turkish. There is a proposed Ural-Altaic Language superfamily which includes the Uralic (Hungarian, Estonian, Finnish, etc.) with Altaic (which itself is a proposed language superfamily including Turkish and Korean) but most researchers consider Ural-Altaic to be a dubious relationship.
I am one of those crazy people that thinks that there is a proto-World language, but the current linguistic paradigm does not accept that proposal, so the tendency of us amateur linguists trying to find connections between languages like Turkish and Hungarian based on the fact that they're agglutinative holds little weight.
I think Hungarian is related to Turkish, like Guest, but at the time it is not generally accepted but is, on the contrary, generally accepted to be false.
Back on topic, Turkish appears to be a fairly logical language at first glance, but it seems difficult when spoken. I know very little about it, however.
Actually, Hungarian is generally accepted NOT to be related to Turkish. There is a proposed Ural-Altaic Language superfamily which includes the Uralic (Hungarian, Estonian, Finnish, etc.) with Altaic (which itself is a proposed language superfamily including Turkish and Korean) but most researchers consider Ural-Altaic to be a dubious relationship.
I am one of those crazy people that thinks that there is a proto-World language, but the current linguistic paradigm does not accept that proposal, so the tendency of us amateur linguists trying to find connections between languages like Turkish and Hungarian based on the fact that they're agglutinative holds little weight.
I think Hungarian is related to Turkish, like Guest, but at the time it is not generally accepted but is, on the contrary, generally accepted to be false.
Back on topic, Turkish appears to be a fairly logical language at first glance, but it seems difficult when spoken. I know very little about it, however.
>>Hungarian is not easy and is related to Turkish<<
Latin is not easy and is related to Spanish. But Hungarian and Turkish aren't related. Grammar is very different, also the basic words like numbers and pronouns.
Latin is not easy and is related to Spanish. But Hungarian and Turkish aren't related. Grammar is very different, also the basic words like numbers and pronouns.
"proto-World language"
I agree.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
If there was a single group of African ancestors about 60,000 years ago, then there was also a single language.
I agree.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
If there was a single group of African ancestors about 60,000 years ago, then there was also a single language.
Hi!
Turkish is not the easiest language, but the most regular one among the world's major languages.
Many agree that Indonesian/Malaysian is the easiest language.
Turkish is not the easiest language, but the most regular one among the world's major languages.
Many agree that Indonesian/Malaysian is the easiest language.
<<Many agree that Indonesian/Malaysian is the easiest language. >>
I thought this idea was debunked several months ago in a thread here at Antimoon. Someone started pointing out some of the fiendishly difficult aspects of Indonesian (I don't recall what they were, however).
I thought this idea was debunked several months ago in a thread here at Antimoon. Someone started pointing out some of the fiendishly difficult aspects of Indonesian (I don't recall what they were, however).
Of course Indonesian/Malaysian has its difficulties, but all in all, relative to other major languages of the world, it is the easiest one.