The most difficult languages.ppt

8/22/2019 The most difficult languages.ppt

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The most difficult

languages

Domantas Deveikis group I


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The outline

1. Introduction2. Classification

3. The most difficult languages4. Conclusion


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Classification

The Foreign Serviceinstitute:

German, Italian,Spanish, French,Portuguese 24

weeks

Swahili, IndonesianMalay 36 weeks

Arabic, Chinese,Japanese,

Korean

88 weeks

Hindu, Urdu, Russian,Hungarian 44 weeks

The top 4 languages


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Classification

Category I: Languages closely related to English

23-24 weeks (575-600 class hours)

Afrikaans

Danish

Dutch

French

Italian

Norwegian

Portuguese

Romanian

Spanish

Swedish


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Classification

30-36 weeks (750-900 class hours)German (30 weeks / 750 class hours)

Indonesian (36 weeks / 900 class hours)

Malay (36 weeks / 900 class hours)

Swahili (36 weeks / 900 class hours)


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ClassificationCategory II: Languages with significant linguistic and/or

cultural differences from English44 weeks (1100 class hours)AlbanianAmharicArmenian

AzerbaijaniBengaliBosnian

Bulgarian

BurmeseCroatianCzech

*Estonian*Finnish

*Georgian


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ClassificationCategory II: Languages with significant linguistic and/or

cultural differences from English44 weeks (1100 class hours)Greek

HebrewHindi

*HungarianIcelandicKhmer

Lao

LatvianLithuanian

Macedonian*Mongolian

NepaliPashto


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ClassificationCategory II: Languages with significant linguistic and/or cultural differences

from English

44 weeks (1100 class hours)Persian(Dari,Farsi,Tajik)

RussianSerbian

Sinhalese

SlovakSlovenianTagalog*Thai

Turkish

UkrainianUrduUzbek

*VietnameseXhosaZulu


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ClassificationCategory III: Languages which are quite difficult for native

English speakers88 weeks (2200 class hours)(about half that time preferablyspent studying in-country)

ArabicChinese

JapanesePolishKorean


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Polish

Seven Cases

Seven Genders

Difficult pronunciation Average English speaker is fluent at about

the age 12; the average Polish speaker is

fluent in their language not until age 16.


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Arabic

Difficult pronunciation

Many dialects (about 30)

Complex grammar Difficult writing system

Hello maraban


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Korean

A maze of grammatical complexity

The alphabet is supplemented by an ideographiccharacter system of Chinese origin

Pronunciation: many unique sounds

Vocabulary

Spelling

Adjective endings : more than 500Verb endings: more than 600


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Chinese

Vocabulary

Very difficult writing system

Pronunciation: 4 tonesYou cannot use the level of your voice to

express feelings or emotion


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Japanese

Japanese verbs always go at the end of thesentence, hence the language sounds backto front to the English speaker

Vocabulary

Spelling: 1945 characters to learn


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html http://www.funshun.com/amazing-facts/language-

facts.html

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05/25/the-worlds-most-difficult-language/
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