The Hardest Languages To Learn For English Speakers

Yes, even though a diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance, it can be broken with a hammer. Diamond are susceptible to chipping or fracturing from impact.

In Minecraft, the diamond level and lava level are the same. Therefore, the best way to find diamonds in Minecraft is to look near lava. Diamonds are not in lava.

While gold is sometimes found in extinct volcanoes, Dr. Goff said, the Galeras volcano is venting commercial amounts of gold from its fiery top. This is the first time scientists have detected visible gold particles in an active volcano.

(PhysOrg.com) — Currently, diamond is regarded to be the hardest known material in the world. But by considering large compressive pressures under indenters, scientists have calculated that a material called wurtzite boron nitride (w-BN) has a greater indentation strength than diamond.

• 1.1 1. One of Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn – Arabic.
• 1.2 2. Mandarin Is Really Hard to Learn.
• 1.3 3. Japanese Comes In The List Of Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn.
• 1.4 4. Hungarian Is Beneficial But Hard to Learn.
• 1.5 5. Korean.
• 1.6 6. Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn – Finnish.
• 1.7 7. Basque.
• 1.8 8. Navajo.

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world.
2. Arabic.
3. Polish.
4. Russian.
5. Turkish.
6. Danish.

English

Counting the Words in the Dictionary

English Has the Richest Vocabulary

• Number of words in the English language: 500,000 according to the number of words in the Oxford English Dictionary.
• Number of people who use English: 750 million.
• Number of people for whom English is their mother tongue: 350 million.

That metaphorical process is at the heart of Toki Pona, the world’s smallest language. While the Oxford English Dictionary contains a quarter of a million entries, and even Koko the gorilla communicates with over 1,000 gestures in American Sign Language, the total vocabulary of Toki Pona is a mere 123 words.

[English] certainly has the largest vocabulary by a long, long, long long, way. Rather as China is to the rest of the world in population, English is in the population of its words.

Here’s our list of the most beautiful words from other languages with no (direct) English translations:

• Forelsket (Norwegian)
• Kilig (Tagalog)
• Commuovere (Italian)
• Depaysement (French)
• Duende (Spanish)
• Hiraeth (Welsh)
• Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan)
• Toska (Russian)