we didn’t catch that can we hear it
again okay one more time that’s better
hey Rupp Jung eruption yes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 difficult
languages to learn see san what was that
it means come in it’s taking forever to
load the new operating system on my
computer i disinfected the kitchen and
the bathroom and now I thought I’d learn
Finnish for this list we’ve rummaged
through the world’s languages and have
selected those we deemed the hardest to
master we’ve excluded English because if
you’re watching this you’ve probably got
a handle on it but then there’s the
comment section sooo good yeah number 10
Hungarian there Emily someone who could
speak um dear Matt Morse can you imagine
what pop culture would be without all
our favorite famous Hungarians probably
exactly the same phrase for are you
familiar with Houdini each minute with
in it
Houdini aside there’s a pretty large
disconnect between the English and
Hungarian speaking world’s most likely
because Hungarian is just so darn
difficult to learn he’s speaking
Hungarian I speak okay
what do you know experts experts it has
some of the strangest grammar rules in
the world which includes 14 vowels and
18 language cases or up to 35 if you
consider the cases that apply to
prepositions this is massive compared to
English which has zero language cases
you guys want the junior suite or the
high roll or sweet Hungarian is also
expressive relying heavily on idioms
perhaps hardest to grasp Hungarian
sentence structure is completely
different to most languages with
suffixes indicating tense and not word
order sleep is essential for every
healthy Hungarian girl esophageal
acetate lamington a geisha gosh
magellanic number nine poison Muslim
saliva
as with more zombie this language at
least to english-speaking years is a bit
of an unusual one the Constitution
doesn’t recognize us there’s no land for
us
everybody’s talking land everybody’s
talking recognition referring to a
collection of indigenous languages that
consist of clicking patterns of
consonants and phonemes Khoisan is only
a verbal language not a written one
choice on languages have the most
consonants in the world and as such rely
heavily on manipulation of sound with
most of these languages lacking a
written record you have to learn them by
immersing yourself in the incredibly
small populations that speak it soon
they could be gone entirely I’m arriving
not a moment too soon
number eight Korean today document of T
does it look like I speak Korean the
trouble most learners have with Korean
is with its relatability it is a
language isolate meaning that it lacks
any common ancestors or genealogical
links with other languages in short the
Korean language is only native to South
and North Korea which when totaled make
up a relatively small portion of the
planet couple the rarity of the language
with a wholly self-contained unique
alphabet system and you have a pretty
steep learning curve tumbledown Shaniqua
oh this up John things only get
trickier as Korean opposes classic
language structure confusing learners
sentence structure is equally troubling
action sentences place the subject first
then the object and finally the verb or
action Tommy Shin sing up Chum number 7
Icelandic I’m sorry I I don’t speak
Icelandic as a language Icelandic is
rife with conundrums on the one hand the
language is out of sync with modern
times in that it’s steadfastly refuses
to encompass loan words or words from
other languages to explain new terms
items or concepts what’s going on where
is everybody
and boys come on course el costo aldose
what does that mean Ana’s young
hansen.eric
Shawn instead these new concepts are
bestowed with a
and new word the volcano known as
otherwise however Icelandic remains
mostly unchanged since its conception
centuries ago and still abides by its
unique sentence and letter structures
established way back when good luck
finding a tutor though as less than
400,000 people speak Icelandic
today number six Sanskrit Nick you know
what that says no I don’t read Sanskrit
make reasonable choices that’s an odd
thing to get tattooed on your neck
well most have probably heard of this
language it’s still entirely possible to
not know what it is gentle gentle this
is hundreds of years old that’s I’m kind
of riding yeah it’s Sanskrit Sanskrit is
the primary sacred language of Hinduism
and is a philosophical language of
Buddhism Sikhism and Jainism it’s also
one of the 22 scheduled languages of
India which means it’s represented in
the Indian Constitution those who try to
learn this classical language struggle
because of its incredibly unique grammar
rules it gives some brilliant linguistic
training they use all parts of their
mouth and the sons great scriptures are
inspiring this full of very inspiring
philosophical concepts and this is why
we teach it for example Sanskrit
includes three gender nouns masculine
feminine and neuter and has eight cases
on top of that Sanskrit requires a very
high inflection bottom line this one’s
hard even the word video is based on the
Sanskrit word Veda which means to see or
reveal number five finish grapes
but I ponied here is why finish is so
hard the trouble lies in translation
finish grammar rules are well frankly
crazy to English speakers in both
structure and pronunciation yeah I know
he’s really buddy I can’t even translate
that it takes a lot to translate from
English and even when that’s done the
end product probably won’t work what
does he know in that old Collin’s what
you going to finish
best I can tell Shh where’s that’s a
stone take that’s because the language
is so colloquial and expressive that
native language speakers don’t always
rely on the rules they do what they want
and it makes sense to them at least
annapurna wash machine elizabeth be
number four Japanese you should learn
Japanese very easy no kidding I heard it
was kind of hard this is a language that
requires immense preparation and intense
studying before you can accomplish the
slightest success to be able to write
Japanese somewhat adequately learners
must first master thousands of
characters most of those characters have
multiple pronunciations and meanings
which are then made more difficult when
considering the rules of how those
characters can be combined the Japanese
writing system has several components
hiragana katakana and kanji and rules
change depending on the use of scripts
once you’ve figured all this out you can
finally put yourself through the
hardship of speaking Japanese
there are no shortcuts with this one
coming up anyway I don’t know what and
uh with the intensity okay is that
everything it seemed like you said quite
a bit more than that number three
Arabic and the combinations of some
letters with others are very hard there
are there are names in Arabic or words
in Arabic which are very hard to are
most English speakers would describe
Arabic as unlike anything they’ve ever
seen before most words vary between four
different forms depending on placement
short vowels are not part of the Arabic
alphabet words derive from base roots
and to accommodate grammar and structure
there are many different dialects that
vary so much that often two forms of
Arabic are completely foreign to one
another
oh it’s a colada BM knock dear let’s
also remember that Arabic has several
sounds that aren’t found in English so
luck and hard work are definitely
required to teach your vocal chords to
imitate them intima Bedok with America
when you wish and with your permission
of course where did you learn to speak
Arabic Magnus number two Russian as a
comedy accent Russian seems fairly easy
to mimic let’s go let’s go turn away and
slam bar but to actually learn and
respect the language that’s a whole new
ballgame
the written language uses the Cyrillic
alphabet meaning it’s far different from
the alphabet English speakers know like
Arabic Russian is comprised of sounds
that are very different than those known
to English speakers and mastering them
takes years of practice Russian and good
Russian get translated additionally
Russia’s history of cool – strained
relations with the Western world means
finding help can be harder than you
might think before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions we ate it in Netherlands W you
do you know your colors in Welsh and
cool it’s rare
and glass is blue that’s a quick
translation well it’s called the after
de Fora
kicking before oh thank you but I’m not
sure it’s the correct time Kate what
it’s a long shot but that’s all I can do
without learning ancient Hebrew but I am
NOT gonna learn ancient Hebrew number
one Chinese so Tiger guys but I don’t
come back tonight
it would be unfair to ignore the wide
reach the Chinese as a general language
has had on many of the world’s difficult
languages with that in mind we’re
including Mandarin and Cantonese under
this Chinese umbrella
both are tonal languages with Mandarin
using four tones and one neutral tone
and Cantonese using six or more high
lama capital chinese languages are also
chock-full of Homa phones idioms and
proverbs so even knowing the language
may not mean you understand it
the Chinese character system is pretty
much endless meaning that learning is an
ongoing process
flatout there is no end in sight when
learning Chinese so press on or give up
neither GMO feature which whole honey
but saw what that yen Shinya leprechaun
Yui curtain time do you agree with our
list which language do you think is the
hardest to learn for more interesting
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
again okay one more time that’s better
hey Rupp Jung eruption yes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 difficult
languages to learn see san what was that
it means come in it’s taking forever to
load the new operating system on my
computer i disinfected the kitchen and
the bathroom and now I thought I’d learn
Finnish for this list we’ve rummaged
through the world’s languages and have
selected those we deemed the hardest to
master we’ve excluded English because if
you’re watching this you’ve probably got
a handle on it but then there’s the
comment section sooo good yeah number 10
Hungarian there Emily someone who could
speak um dear Matt Morse can you imagine
what pop culture would be without all
our favorite famous Hungarians probably
exactly the same phrase for are you
familiar with Houdini each minute with
in it
Houdini aside there’s a pretty large
disconnect between the English and
Hungarian speaking world’s most likely
because Hungarian is just so darn
difficult to learn he’s speaking
Hungarian I speak okay
what do you know experts experts it has
some of the strangest grammar rules in
the world which includes 14 vowels and
18 language cases or up to 35 if you
consider the cases that apply to
prepositions this is massive compared to
English which has zero language cases
you guys want the junior suite or the
high roll or sweet Hungarian is also
expressive relying heavily on idioms
perhaps hardest to grasp Hungarian
sentence structure is completely
different to most languages with
suffixes indicating tense and not word
order sleep is essential for every
healthy Hungarian girl esophageal
acetate lamington a geisha gosh
magellanic number nine poison Muslim
saliva
as with more zombie this language at
least to english-speaking years is a bit
of an unusual one the Constitution
doesn’t recognize us there’s no land for
us
everybody’s talking land everybody’s
talking recognition referring to a
collection of indigenous languages that
consist of clicking patterns of
consonants and phonemes Khoisan is only
a verbal language not a written one
choice on languages have the most
consonants in the world and as such rely
heavily on manipulation of sound with
most of these languages lacking a
written record you have to learn them by
immersing yourself in the incredibly
small populations that speak it soon
they could be gone entirely I’m arriving
not a moment too soon
number eight Korean today document of T
does it look like I speak Korean the
trouble most learners have with Korean
is with its relatability it is a
language isolate meaning that it lacks
any common ancestors or genealogical
links with other languages in short the
Korean language is only native to South
and North Korea which when totaled make
up a relatively small portion of the
planet couple the rarity of the language
with a wholly self-contained unique
alphabet system and you have a pretty
steep learning curve tumbledown Shaniqua
oh this up John things only get
trickier as Korean opposes classic
language structure confusing learners
sentence structure is equally troubling
action sentences place the subject first
then the object and finally the verb or
action Tommy Shin sing up Chum number 7
Icelandic I’m sorry I I don’t speak
Icelandic as a language Icelandic is
rife with conundrums on the one hand the
language is out of sync with modern
times in that it’s steadfastly refuses
to encompass loan words or words from
other languages to explain new terms
items or concepts what’s going on where
is everybody
and boys come on course el costo aldose
what does that mean Ana’s young
hansen.eric
Shawn instead these new concepts are
bestowed with a
and new word the volcano known as
otherwise however Icelandic remains
mostly unchanged since its conception
centuries ago and still abides by its
unique sentence and letter structures
established way back when good luck
finding a tutor though as less than
400,000 people speak Icelandic
today number six Sanskrit Nick you know
what that says no I don’t read Sanskrit
make reasonable choices that’s an odd
thing to get tattooed on your neck
well most have probably heard of this
language it’s still entirely possible to
not know what it is gentle gentle this
is hundreds of years old that’s I’m kind
of riding yeah it’s Sanskrit Sanskrit is
the primary sacred language of Hinduism
and is a philosophical language of
Buddhism Sikhism and Jainism it’s also
one of the 22 scheduled languages of
India which means it’s represented in
the Indian Constitution those who try to
learn this classical language struggle
because of its incredibly unique grammar
rules it gives some brilliant linguistic
training they use all parts of their
mouth and the sons great scriptures are
inspiring this full of very inspiring
philosophical concepts and this is why
we teach it for example Sanskrit
includes three gender nouns masculine
feminine and neuter and has eight cases
on top of that Sanskrit requires a very
high inflection bottom line this one’s
hard even the word video is based on the
Sanskrit word Veda which means to see or
reveal number five finish grapes
but I ponied here is why finish is so
hard the trouble lies in translation
finish grammar rules are well frankly
crazy to English speakers in both
structure and pronunciation yeah I know
he’s really buddy I can’t even translate
that it takes a lot to translate from
English and even when that’s done the
end product probably won’t work what
does he know in that old Collin’s what
you going to finish
best I can tell Shh where’s that’s a
stone take that’s because the language
is so colloquial and expressive that
native language speakers don’t always
rely on the rules they do what they want
and it makes sense to them at least
annapurna wash machine elizabeth be
number four Japanese you should learn
Japanese very easy no kidding I heard it
was kind of hard this is a language that
requires immense preparation and intense
studying before you can accomplish the
slightest success to be able to write
Japanese somewhat adequately learners
must first master thousands of
characters most of those characters have
multiple pronunciations and meanings
which are then made more difficult when
considering the rules of how those
characters can be combined the Japanese
writing system has several components
hiragana katakana and kanji and rules
change depending on the use of scripts
once you’ve figured all this out you can
finally put yourself through the
hardship of speaking Japanese
there are no shortcuts with this one
coming up anyway I don’t know what and
uh with the intensity okay is that
everything it seemed like you said quite
a bit more than that number three
Arabic and the combinations of some
letters with others are very hard there
are there are names in Arabic or words
in Arabic which are very hard to are
most English speakers would describe
Arabic as unlike anything they’ve ever
seen before most words vary between four
different forms depending on placement
short vowels are not part of the Arabic
alphabet words derive from base roots
and to accommodate grammar and structure
there are many different dialects that
vary so much that often two forms of
Arabic are completely foreign to one
another
oh it’s a colada BM knock dear let’s
also remember that Arabic has several
sounds that aren’t found in English so
luck and hard work are definitely
required to teach your vocal chords to
imitate them intima Bedok with America
when you wish and with your permission
of course where did you learn to speak
Arabic Magnus number two Russian as a
comedy accent Russian seems fairly easy
to mimic let’s go let’s go turn away and
slam bar but to actually learn and
respect the language that’s a whole new
ballgame
the written language uses the Cyrillic
alphabet meaning it’s far different from
the alphabet English speakers know like
Arabic Russian is comprised of sounds
that are very different than those known
to English speakers and mastering them
takes years of practice Russian and good
Russian get translated additionally
Russia’s history of cool – strained
relations with the Western world means
finding help can be harder than you
might think before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions we ate it in Netherlands W you
do you know your colors in Welsh and
cool it’s rare
and glass is blue that’s a quick
translation well it’s called the after
de Fora
kicking before oh thank you but I’m not
sure it’s the correct time Kate what
it’s a long shot but that’s all I can do
without learning ancient Hebrew but I am
NOT gonna learn ancient Hebrew number
one Chinese so Tiger guys but I don’t
come back tonight
it would be unfair to ignore the wide
reach the Chinese as a general language
has had on many of the world’s difficult
languages with that in mind we’re
including Mandarin and Cantonese under
this Chinese umbrella
both are tonal languages with Mandarin
using four tones and one neutral tone
and Cantonese using six or more high
lama capital chinese languages are also
chock-full of Homa phones idioms and
proverbs so even knowing the language
may not mean you understand it
the Chinese character system is pretty
much endless meaning that learning is an
ongoing process
flatout there is no end in sight when
learning Chinese so press on or give up
neither GMO feature which whole honey
but saw what that yen Shinya leprechaun
Yui curtain time do you agree with our
list which language do you think is the
hardest to learn for more interesting
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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