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JayhawkSD

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4. Interesting, thanks.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 11:47 AM

Oct 2013

Now that I read it, I think I had heard the bit about there being "no published grammar or dictionary," and I did know that Navaho has some structural differences, but the rest was all new to me. The "instant availability of speakers" should have been obvious, but somehow that escaped me.

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Hardest language to learn. [View all] dipsydoodle Oct 2013 OP

Where does Navaho fall in this list? JayhawkSD Oct 2013 #1

Reasonable answer here dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #2

Interesting, thanks. JayhawkSD Oct 2013 #4

Huh. I was speaking Estonian by age 1! LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #3

Funny, isn't it? ChazInAz Oct 2013 #5

Lots of silliness and multiple standards at play. Igel Oct 2013 #6

The blog post in the OP makes claims that seem to be ill-defined and unsupported with data... xocet Oct 2013 #7

Japanese twern't easy. masmdu Oct 2013 #8

There are some nice tongue twisters, but Finno-Ugric languages aren't bad either jakeXT Oct 2013 #9