10 Most Difficult Languages to Learn

2. Mandarin

Score: 4.55

Mandarin is the national language of China and is the lingua franca across the country. The language is spoken by more than 1.3 billion people and is the mode of communication across educational institutions and the corporate world in China. It is a difficult language to learn due to its complex syntax and writing system. Moreover, most of the characters in Mandarin are not phonetic. Its pronunciation system is also vastly different from English and other Indo-European languages.