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Germanic languages from the easist to the most difficult
This is my list, taking into account pronunciation, grammar, morphology, syntax and spelling.
Afrikaans Swedish Norwegian Frisian Dutch Danish English German Faroese Icelandic
Whaur is the Scots leid?
an the ither Germanic leids: Limburgs, Plattdüütsch, Nedersaksisch, etc?
Amonst the most germanic relevant languages I would say:
Afrikaans Swedish Danish Dutch English German Faroese Icelandic
English is easier than Dutch and Danish.
I don't agree, English verb tenses are much harder than Dutch and Danish ones
"Amonst the most germanic relevant languages I would say:
" How is Faroese relevant if Norwegian is not? I'm pretty sure that Norwegian is spoken by many more people than Faroese.
I reckon Faroese is more relevant than Norwegian from a linguistic point of view, but this is just my opinion
Easiest to difficult (in my opinion):
1) English 2) Swedish - although hard to master the tones 3) Norwegian 4) Danish - very hard pronunciation 5) German - complex grammar 6) Dutch - easier grammar when compared to German but harder pronunciation. 7) Afrikaans - harder that dutch 8) Frisian 9) Icelandic - hard grammar (cases etc) 10) Faroese
What also needs to be considered is who is doing the learning.
If it's an English speaker, for example, then Scots, and Dutch are easiest. If a Danish speaker...then Swedish
English verb tenses are light year more varied and complicated than Swedish or Danish ones.....
English verbs are already very easy. Adding more simplicity to the verb tenses would not make English substantially easier . I don't think Dutch and Danish are easier just because verbs are a little easier. Pronunciation, sintax and noun morphology are more difficult in these languages .
I wonder what's easier about the Dutch verbs compared to English. Both have irregularities.
I think it's like this and from what I've seen: 1. Afrikaans 2. English 3. Norwegian 4. Swedish 5. Danish 6. Frisian 7. Dutch 8. German 9. Icelandic 10. Faeroese
PRESENT TENSES
I buy I'm buying FUTURE TENSES I will/shall buy I'm buying I'm going to buy I'll be buying PAST TENSES I have bought I bought I have been buying I had bought I had been bought Are there all these forms in Swedish, Danish or Dutch? When you learn English you have to use them properly.
So we have (so far):
2.5 - Afrikaans, Swedish 3.0 - Norwegian 4.0 - English 4.5 - Danish 5.75 - Dutch 6.0 - Frisian 7.25 - German 9.5 - Icelandic, Faroese |