What are the hardest languages ​​to learn?

The time required to master a language depends on several factors:

1- How close and similar the new language is to your mother tongue

2- The number of hours per week spent learning the language

3- The learning resources you have available to learn the language

4- The level of complexity of the language

5- Your enthusiasm to learn the language

The ranking of languages ​​in terms of ease and difficulty for English speakers 

easy languages

(Languages ​​close to English) need 23-24 weeks (600 hours of study)

1- Spanish

2- Portuguese

3- French

4- Romanian

5- Italian

6- Dutch

7- Swedish

8- Norwegian

medium difficulty languages

(Languages ​​that differ slightly from English) require 44 weeks (1.110 hours of study)

1- Hindi

2- Russian

3- Vietnamese

4- Turkish

5- Polish

6- Thai

7- Serbian

8- Greek

9- Hebrew

10- Finnish

difficult languages

Hard-to-learn languages ​​for native English speakers require 88 weeks (2200 study hours)

1- Arabic: The Arabic language contains some words of foreign origin, and written Arabic contains a small number of phonetic letters, which makes it difficult to read for non-native speakers.

2- Japanese: The Japanese language requires memorizing thousands of symbols, in addition to having three grammar systems and two syllable systems, which makes it more difficult to learn.

3- Korean: The system of grammar, sentence structure and verbs is complex and varied, making it difficult for non-native speakers to learn. Written Korean also relies on some Chinese characters.

4- Chinese: The Chinese language is a tonal language, meaning that a single word may change its meaning by changing the tone or tone in which it is pronounced, in addition to requiring the memorization of thousands of symbols with a complex grammar system, which makes learning very difficult.