Hungarian Worlds 2. Hardest Language
Sziasztok, a poll of lexiophiles.com in 2009 (I know it is long time ago) about “which are the hardest languages to learn in the world” resulted in a number 2 position for Hungary, meaning that Hungarian is the second hardest language to learn. Of course that is always in the eye of the beholder as for Europeans Chinese or Arabic is probably much harder and the other way around. Nevertheless it is very interesting to see that Hungarian is on the list at all since it is a fairly small country and spoken by a few people over the world it is not always in the picture as Chinese or Arabic. Number 1 by the way is Basque and number 3 is Chinese.
I myself started learning Hungarian in 2005 and can agree that it is a very hard to learn language but once you get into it and you mix with the locals and speak to Hungarians a lot e.g. at work or in the pub it just gets in your brain as it probably does with any other language to learn. In case you would like to learn Hungarian here is a list of Language Schools in Budapest or in case you just come for a visit check out some words you can learn and use quick.
So Hungarian is hard to learn and it is spoken only by a few people, why to bother? I think that it is only fair and showing respect towards locals if you at least make an effort towards them the same you would expect it from foreigners in your country as well. Not that you need to speak perfect Hungarian but at least some basics and some friendly expressions that help you through the day. Just my 2 cents concerning this topic.
What is your opinion on Hungarian as a foreign language? And what do you think, should expats learn Hungarian or is it not necessary?
This article was written in Daily Life, EducationBlogs about Budapest
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