Which should I learn, and which is the easiest for a native English speaker to learn?
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Anonymous2012-12-01 16:03
I'd say Irish Gaeilge.
But then again I may be biased seeing as it's my counties language and I speak it personally.
It's not easy to learn, no language is...But it's a beautiful language that I hold a great amount of pride in knowing.
As far as pronunciation of words...Gaeilge has relatively the same sounds as English with only a few differences that are easy picked up...
If you decide to learn Gaeilge...You might want to take the time to visit one of Irelands Gaeltacht's in the future. They're areas where only Gaeilge is spoken and where Irish culture is embraced and to be honest they're, in the opinion of someone who has sampled many cultures around the world, simply breathtaking.
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Anonymous2012-12-07 23:09
All three are ugly languages, Learn something without /x/ and weird morphophonological alternations. Something nice, like Aymara, or Tsonga.
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Anonymous2012-12-07 23:14
I apologize, Aymara indeed seems to contain the velar fricative. Tsonga may as well, so disregard that advice. Learn Quechua or Swazi. They're both without /x/ or /χ/.
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Anonymous2012-12-08 23:30
>>3,4
What do you have against /x/? I like it. ``Loch'' is fun to say.
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Anonymous2012-12-09 18:59
I have a uvular piercing.
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Anonymous2012-12-14 10:42
Or is it <an uvular>? Is <uvula> /uv.jǝ.lǝ/ or /juv.jǝ.lǝ/?