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That table is ranking languages by how easy they are for an English speaker to learn -- that is, how much commonality they have with English. It doesn't make an
by teraflop 8y ago
That table is ranking languages by how easy they are for an English speaker to learn -- that is, how much commonality they have with English. It doesn't make any claim about English having some fundamental property that makes it easier to learn.
- mcguire 8y agoFrom the first paragraph: "The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) has created a list to show the approximate time you need to learn a specific language as an English speaker."