7 hard-to-learn languages that pushed English speakers to their limits

Polyglots and language students are revealing the toughest languages to master, highlighting nightmare grammar rules and unfamiliar alphabets.
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Archaeologists just discovered a long-lost ancient language on cuneiform tablets in the ruins of the Hittite Empire

The Indo-European family of languages is the largest in the world, with over 150 languages and 3 billion speakers today. The ...
Psychology Today

He Looks to the Stars

Anthony Aveni / Used with permission. What’s harder than finding a needle in a haystack? Finding a Martian in a diner. So said Rod Serling, as he introduced “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?,” a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic

Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread ...