language

[Robert Lawless]

In the nationally distributed magazine Parade columnist Marilyn vos Savant 
writes in answer to the question "Which is the easiest major language for a 
child to learn?":

Probably Spanish, because the grammar is mostly regular, the spelling is 
straightforward, and the words are easy to pronounce.  But for an adult who 
just wants to be bilingual--and doesn't mind not being understood at 
parties--you could learn Taki-Taki (spoken in Suriname).  It has only a few 
hundred words.  By contrast, English has the most words of any language: 
about 250,000.

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