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The Most Difficult Language in the World - Don't Panic!
The US government ranked every language in the world in five categories - by how much learning time it requires for an American diplomat to become fluent. Japanese didn't make it to any of these categories. In fact, it found itself in a unique category on its own - above all the languages that exist.
Does that mean Japanese is the single most difficult and/or complex language in the world?
In Episode 10 of Post-Whatever, I am tackling that very subject
While at it, I will offer some questionable answers to the questions such as; why the "hardest language in the world" title is almost entirely…
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