is there something that makes a language objectively harder/easier to learn?

Question

As a native English speaker, I hear things like “this” language is hard/easy to learn. Does this mean it is only hard/easy to learn coming from an English background, or would someone who speaks Spanish also find it similarly harder/easier to learn as well?

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Answer 1

Yes. I’ve found that consistency (fewer verb tenses, fewer exceptions to rules) makes languages less complex. Languages with smaller vocabularies are also a bit easier. Finally, if the sounds of phonemes in the language approximate those in my native language, speaking it well is simpler.