I've always liked this summary I found on a forum: > In case you were wondering - western languages to other western languages take about 22 weeks (550 hours o

I've always liked this summary I found on a forum: > In case you were wondering - western languages to other western languages take about 22 weeks (550 hours of intensive study), non-western/non-asian languages 44 weeks (1100 hours of intensive study) and asian languages 88 weeks (2200 hours of intensive study). The other benefit of learning a language in one of the other two language families is that if you decide to learn another language in the same language family (region 1 2 or 3 as described above) it takes only 22 weeks of study. [1] http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/question/1394/how-many-kanji-does-one-have-to-know http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/question/1394/how-many-kanji-does-on...