English takes no skill to speak.

Seriously, some of the dumbest people in the world speak it. It takes no skill to speak. Whereas other languages such as Русский, Español, Tiếng Việt, 日本語, 汉语, 한국어 and several others require skill. I'm sick of hearing this comment about how English is one of the most difficult languages in the world. It's the easiest. Anglophones are also some of the most ignorant and obnoxious people in the world.

English is the hardest to learn, not due to pronunciation, but different rules of grammar and past/present/future tense. For anyone who doesn't speak english, it's pretty damned hard to get the hang of right away. If you're born and raised to speak english, then sure, it's no problem. You know the different rules of the english language...but anyone else will have some difficulty catching on to it