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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Languages that are similar to your native one are obviously easier to learn.
As for others, I think, they balance each other out. Some have both easier and harder concepts compared to each other.
For Russian speakers, for example, concepts that are present in English, such as articles, irregular verbs, numerous tenses, their combinations and use cases pose, are no joke. Non-straightforward spelling and pronunciation also bring their share of fun. English speakers may think that Swedish will be a breeze, but then it turns out that plural nouns add some extra work, and so on. Chinese may seem to have simpler grammar but then there are Chinese characters and tones.
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