Is Korean or Chinese better to learn?

Relatively, Korean would be an easier language to learn. Thanks to its phonetic alphabet and more simplistic grammar rules, Korean is not the most challenging Asian language to learn. Chinese on the other hand is much more widely spoken. This means that finding study materials and practice partners would be easier.

Is Japanese easy or Korean?

Originally Answered: Is Korean easier to learn than Japanese? Yes, Korean language is easier to learn than Japanese. To be able to read and write Japanese, you must memorize hiragana, katakana, and over 2000 Kanji (Chinese characters).

Is it easier to learn Korean and Japanese once I learn Chinese?

Gateway to Korean and Japanese – it would be easier for you to learn Korean and Japanese once you learned Chinese. These three languages all share sino-vocabulary. In Korean its about 60\% of the vocabulary.

Which language is the easiest to learn?

Which language is easiest to learn: Chinese, Japanese or Korean? Obviously Korean is the easiest, because after investing hard in the beginning, you don’t need forever to learn several thousands of Chinese characters (or Kanji). In all three languages there is a barrier, so very few Westerns can reach level of educated native.

How difficult is it to learn Korean for English speakers?

The korean writing system (hangul) is syllabic and relatively easy to learn and korean pronounciation is not too challenging. Chinese will require you to master tones and to learn a few thousand different chinese characters which is a significat challenge for an engliosh speaker.

What is the easiest language to read and write in Korea?

Chinese has the tones and the hanzi (the Chinese characters). Japanese has pitch accent and kanji (the adopted characters from hanzi). And Korean has a very distinct and foreign pronunciation despite the simplicity of Hangul, which makes it the easiest language to read and write.