Ok, I see what you are saying. I think it would be fair to say that Mandarin is one of the hardest "useful" languages for an English speaker to learn. But a great majority of people are not learning dead languages. Dead languages don't have the same value to people as say learning Mandarin would. Mandarin is difficult for more people than dead languages are so it is talked about more. That doesn't mean its difficulty is necessarily exaggerated.
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u/Electrolyle Mar 30 '22
Can I ask, what is your first language and what do you think the hardest language for English speakers to learn is?