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The easiest and most challenging languages to learn for a Spanish speaker

The easiest and most challenging languages to learn for a Spanish speaker

Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world, with more than 548 million native speakers. Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Spain and the United States top the 5 countries with the largest number of native Spanish speakers worldwide.

For Spanish speakers, which are the easiest and most difficult languages to learn?

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How Language Changes our Perception of the World

How does #language change our perception of the world?

Our language affects what we see and how we process that information. The grammar and vocabulary of each language instills in its speakers a particular way of looking at the world. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, also known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, proposes that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality. How does that influence work?

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