There is no real answer to the question "what is the hardest language in the world?" Many languages claim this title.Arabic, Cantonese, Japanese are said to be the hardest, based on the approximate learning expectations compiled by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the US Department of State..
Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian are also among the hardest because of the countless noun cases. The Pronunciation is even harder than in Asian languages as they usually have long tong twisting consonants. However the list doesn't stop there.
However you need to consider other factors that might make a language especially difficult for YOU, for example whether a language follows a logical pattern in its grammar.
In English, there is a general rule for creating plurals, adding "s" or "es". In Arabic on the other hand, the plural is irregular most of the time and non-native students spend much of their time learning how to use it. Also you need to consider how the new language you're trying to learn is different from your native language. An English speaker will find Mandarin Harder to learn than a person whose native language is Cantonese.
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