Jul 31, 2024 · Ready to learn a new language? Check out the language difficulty ranking for the world’s most widely spoken languages.

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) has created a list to show the approximate time you need to learn a specific language as an English speaker.

May 17, 2025 · If you're planning your language learning strategy, knowing which languages will take more commitment can help you set realistic goals. That's exactly why we've put together …

Sep 21, 2021 · We take a look at the Foreign Service Institute language difficulty rankings used to determine how hard a language is to learn. Foreign Service Institute language difficulty …

While there is no definitive answer to the question of the easiest or most difficult languages, one frequently cited source is the FSI language ranking system that rates languages in terms of …

Discover the most challenging languages to learn with our comprehensive language difficulty ranking. Find out where your target language stands!

Download Your Free Language Difficulty Guide (PDF) A FREE printable guide to language difficulty (and a few tricks to make learning just a little bit easier). Which language are you …

Jul 20, 2018 · This chart shows the selected language difficulty ranking by category (approximate weeks to learn).

Oct 23, 2019 · To help you make a time-efficient decision, The Foreign Service Institute sorted major languages around the world into 5 categories of difficulty according to their differences …

Jun 22, 2024 · Foreign Service Institute has done a good job of ranking the easiest and hardest languages to learn. Learning a new language is fun and rewarding, but not all languages are …