If you are Filipino, then you should know Tagalog. Tagalog is very closely related with Spanish. A lot of the words are pronounced the same but have different spellings. If you are looking for a new language to learn but don't want to over-exert yourself, Spanish is the way to go.

I don't know what your first language is. A language from the same family or area as your native language is usually easier to learn than ones that are from the other side of the world.



For example: A native english speaker will learn European languages like Spanish or German much easier than he will learn Japanese or Mandarin.

The auxiliary languages are the easiest to learn. The three most widely spoken of these languages are Interlingua, Esperanto, and Ido. As someone who is familiar with all three, I can give you a brief overview.



Interlingua is almost certainly the easiest of the three. Several authors agree that Interlingua takes between one and two weeks to learn. I've heard from people living in many different countries - the Philippines, Japan, China, Poland, the United States, and others - and they all tell me that they learned Interlingua within that time frame, and sometimes in just a few days.



Why is it so easy? Interlingua was developed to be simple and easy by full-time, professional linguists over a 27-year period at a cost of about 3 million Swiss francs. Their work was directed by some of the most eminent linguists of the day, including Edward Sapir, Andre Martinet, and Alexander Gode, the founding president of the American Translators' Association. The vocabulary was selected to be as international as possible. So, chances are you will already be familiar with most Interlingua words. And after you learn Interlingua, you can learn many other languages very easily.



Alice Vanderbilt Morris, a wealthy heiress who initiated and helped fund the project, expected that Interlingua would be used to learn other languages, such as French, Spanish, and Russian. She was right! In one study, for example, an Interlingua class translated a Spanish text that students who had taken 150 hours of Spanish found too difficult to even understand. Most high schools in Sweden offer Interlingua, often to help students understand the international words in their own language. Another poster here mentioned an instructor who taught Interlingua to his Russian class, and this helped them to master their Russian afterwards.



This is not to say that Esperanto and Ido are difficult. Esperantists often say that you can learn their language in months, instead of years for any traditional language. So, is Esperanto easy? Very much so. Is Interlingua easier? Again, very much so. Esperanto was developed in the late 19th century by a Polish oculist (eye doctor), mostly while he was still in high school. At the time, the knowledge that was used for Interlingua just wasn't available. Even if it had been, Zamenhof probably wouldn't have known about it.



That's why Esperanto has those complicated rules and endings that seem so archaic today. A plural noun in the accusative case must end in -ojn, for example, and every adjective that modifies it must end in -ajn. Adverbs derived from nouns and adjectives end in -e, or -en in the accusative of direction, while others end in -au, and still others, such as jxus, pli, ol, ecx, and tuj, have various endings. Zamenhof hadn't been exposed to the simpler, more consistent languages that developed later on. A few were actually around in his day, but he didn't realize it. He did the best he could with what he had, and he helped pave the way for Ido and then Interlingua.



I haven't said much about Ido. This language was one of several attempts to simplify Esperanto and make it more international. Ido was first presented 1907. This compares with 1887 for Esperanto and 1951 for Interlingua. Ido is somewhere between Interlingua and Esperanto in ease of learning. Ido has a smaller speaking population than the other two languages, but learning resources and literature are available, along with several national Ido societies.

Spanish is the easiest language to learn, but Sign Language would be easier, because it is visual. English is harder than Spanish.

The thing with english is that even though it's the second language(or third) in terms of having the most native speakers, you can still use it in most places, because people usually learn it in school. Spanish is a good choice, but it's not as easy as some people say it is.

After speaking with several university professors who have taught both abroad and in the United States, I have been informed that English is the most difficult language to teach and to learn. As an ESL tutor, I can say that I agree with that!

My current professor of Spanish says that Spanish and French seem to be the easiest to teach and for people to learn.

To the poster above me, no offense but I have studied Linguistic Anthropology in college for a while now! English is NOT the most widely spoken language in the world, Mandarin Chinese is.

NOTE: And give me thumbs down all you want to, do your own research on the most widely spoken language in the world if you don't think I'm correct.

Claudio, the link you posted says that Mandarin Chinese is #1.

Indonisian is relatively easy. If you are a Spanish speaker, then Italian is somewhat similar, as is Portuguese. English would be the easiest to learn, as I am presuming you are living in an English-speaking community.



Hope this helps!

You should learn English. It is the most widely spoken language in the world and fairly easy since you already know some (you're typing in it). It is spoken in more countries than any others. And yes, there are more Mandarin speakers than any other language, but it's limited mostly to China, Taiwan and Chinese communities around the world.

sign language or body language

are you spanish speaker? or only english.



I think english it`s easy except by the pronunciation because english it`s in everywhere, you can learn watching TV or playing videogames.

since you already speak tagalog, i'd go with spanish like julie said. either that or portuguese, but portuguese isn't very helpful in the world, so go with spanish.

english

Esperanto!



Here is a language that was designed for simple, expressive communication. As of 1995 it was estimated to have over 2 million speakers, and that has probably grown by leaps and bounds with the rise of the Internet.



Here is a short and sweet lesson so that you can see for yourself how simple Esperanto is. More detailed on-line courses are available below as well as mail courses. Esperanto clubs are readily available in most areas. Correspondence is also readily available.



Each Esperanto letter has only one sound, always. Here is a guide to some of the sounds. The stress is always on the next-to-last syllable of a word.



A - 'AH' as in palm

E - 'EH' as in there

I - 'EE' as in three

O - 'OH' as in glow

U - 'OO' as in too



c = ts (in lots); oj = oy (in boy); G = g (in go)

kn are always pronounced separately: k-nabo



Just to drive the point home. Letter sounds 'NEVER' change and 'NEVER' have more than one sound.



Numbers and colours:



0 nulo (say: noo-lo)

1 unu (say: oo-noo)

2 du (say: doo)

3 tri (say: t-ri)

4 kvar (say: k-vahr)

5 kvin (say: k-veen)

6 ses (say: sehs)

7 sep (say: sehp)

8 ok (say: ohk)

9 naŭ (now)

10 dek

11 dek unu

...

20 dudek

21 dudek unu

...

30 tridek

31 tridek unu

...

100 cent (say: tsent)



flava (flah-vah) yellow

verda (vehr-dah) green

blua (bloo-ah) blue

blanka (blahn-kah) white

nigra (nee-grah) black

griza (gree-zah) grey

bruna (broo-nah) brown

ruĝa (roo-jah) red

("ĝ" as in "gem", "gentle")



All nouns end in 'O'

All adjectives end in 'A'

All adverbs end in 'E'

All past tense verbs end in -is (say: ees)

All present tense verbs end in -as (say: ahs)

All future tense verbs end in -os (say: ohs)



Example:

La bona (adjective) knabo (noun) trinkis (past tense verb) malrapide (adverb).

(The good boy drank slowly)



By applying markers to the words it allows us some flexibility in word order. (Remember, Esperanto is intended as a language that can be spoken by many different groups, and they don't all use the subject - verb - object word order. For example, German usually places the verb at the end.)



Word construction follows a very easy system which uses a small system of prefixes and suffixes. For example



By placing the -in- suffix before the final 'O', you make it feminine.

Patro - Father

Patrino - Mother

Filo - Son

Filino - Daughter

Frato - Brother

Fratino - Sister



By placing the prefix Bo- in front you get the in-laws (or out-laws depending on your point of view.)



Bopatro - Father in law

Bopatrino - Mother in law

Bofilo - Son in law

Bofilino - Daughter in law

Bofrato - Brother in law

Bofratino - Sister in law



By placing the -id- suffix before the final 'O', you make it an off-spring.



Hundo - dog

Hundido - puppy

Kato - cat

Kitido - kitten

Koko - chicken

Kokido - chick



By placing the prefix Mal- in front you get the opposite.



Bona - good

Malbona - bad

Seka - Dry

Malseka - wet



This system stays the same throughout.



Below I've listed just a few sites of interest, including a Brazilian site that has a free down loadable instructional program with interactive pages; a very good program. You can sign up for tutors on this site.



Here's something interesting.

There are even native speakers of Esperanto. The number is considered to be in the 2000 range. These are people who are the product of couples who have met through Esperanto and each speaks different languages. Therefore the house hold language is Esperanto.



Search for speakers with Pasporta Servo the International Hospitality Service using Esperanto.

http://www.tejo.org/eo/ps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo

With these services available you can visit many countries very cheaply, find a plethora of friends and more importantly learn about their culture and language.



There are a wide range of cultural materials available also. I spend a good deal of my time listening to Esperanto music. I find it helps in tuning my ear to it. Also, there is no lack of original and translated written works to enjoy.

Like the Klingon said, 'you haven't lived until you've read Shakespear in it's original Klingon.' (Please note tongue firmly planted in cheek). Yeah well, wait till you read him in Esperanto.



By all means, research and draw your own conclusions.



Ĝis!

i would say spanish