世界上最难学的十种语言(英汉).doc

Top 10 hardest languages to learn 世界上最难学的十种语言 Many languages have been claimed to be the toughest one to learn. Here follow ten candidates for the title of hardest language to learn, as released by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. This list of 10 candidates includes an explanation as of why they made this list. Read it and find out whether these languages are worth their tough as nails reputation. 数种语言自称为世上最难学的语言之一。下面就是竞争“最难学语言”的十门候选语，该名单由联合国教科文组织发放。其中包括了入选排序的理由。阅读该资料，看看这些语言是否真的像其名声那样让人却步。 Top 10: French 第十名：法语 As an official language in 29 countries, French is a challenging language. However, it can be seen as both easy and hard, depending on the learners native language. French is a Roman language. If the learners grasp of other Roman languages such as Italian, Portuguese and Spanish is strong, French will be a very quick and enjoyable new language to acquire.Otherwise, for those coming from a completely different language family, learning French would be considerably more difficult. Its pronunciation follows very strict rules based on the spelling, which is often based more on history than phonology. 作为29个国家的官方语言，法语具有足够的挑战性。然而，根据学习者不同的母语，它却可简单也可困难。如果学习者良好地掌握了罗马语系的其他语言，如意大利语、葡萄牙语或西班牙语，那么法语就会成为一门快速入门又能轻松掌握的语言。然而，对那些来自完全不搭边的语言家庭的人，学法语就非常艰难了。法语的发音严格遵循其拼写规则，相较于音韵学，它更多的是基于历史。 Top 9: Danish 第九名：丹麦语 Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by some 6 million people.The sound system of Danish is in many ways unusual among the worlds languages, which makes it one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, as the spoken language usually does not sound anything like its written version. 丹麦语出自北日耳曼语系，使用者约600万人。丹麦语的发音系统广泛，不同于世界上的其他语言，因为它拼读的方式完全有别于书写方式，这就使其成为了全球最难学的语言之一。 Top 8: Norwegian 第八名：挪威语 Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway,where it is the official language. It is among the worlds languages thats the most difficult to learn how to speak well. No officially sanctioned standard of spoken Norwegian is i