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Forum: Reading and Writing 18th February 2008, 04:38 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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Wow, I totally messed up that las post. I guess I need to avoid posting too close to bed
time.:oops:
Not at all - it was meant for flameproof. I edited the entire post, and made it clear this...
Forum: Reading and Writing 17th February 2008, 03:12 PM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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flameproof:
Apparently you disagree with my posts on this. It took me a few hours to learn Japanese kana. It
took me several months to learn to read Thai.
adrianlondon:
Written Thai doesn't use...
Forum: Reading and Writing 15th February 2008, 07:27 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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Chiangmai is nice - wish I was there. Are you on vacation, or business?
I agree that what can be considered the 3rd tone in Thai is closest to the 2nd tone in Mandarin.
Some comments:
(a) it's...
Forum: Reading and Writing 11th February 2008, 11:19 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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I think one can learn to read at a basic level in a few months. It would be just about impossible
to learn to read without speaking, and having a good handle on pronunciation. Thai may be about
the...
Forum: Reading and Writing 11th February 2008, 03:55 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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If the learners' backgrounds are different, if they have different motivations, etc, etc, I agree.
For westerners with similar backgrounds though, Thai script is much harder than the other
scripts...
Forum: Reading and Writing 11th February 2008, 01:32 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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Thai script is much more difficult than the others you mention. I can't think of a phonetic script
that comes close to it in difficulty. Perhapse Arabic, but I'm not sure. It's a major hurdle for...
Forum: Reading and Writing 10th February 2008, 06:34 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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To europeans with no exposure to romanized script perhaps. Thai script is much harder than
Vietnamese (romanized) script for most westerners. If you're just talking about the spoken
language, I agree...
Forum: Reading and Writing 7th February 2008, 01:49 PM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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Poll - World's most Difficult Language
(http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7587&PN=0&TPN=1&RN=1)
I voted for Japanese. :D
Forum: Reading and Writing 1st February 2008, 09:19 AM
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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
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Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world
He's not the world's greatest polyglot, according to this
(http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8798&KW=ziad).
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