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Re:The world’s hardest (for native English speakers) languages by hristov on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @05:13AM (#1009696)
Hungarian is even difficult for other Eastern Europeans. I have yet to meet anybody that speaks Hungarian, that is not actually Hungarian.
Re:The world’s hardest (for native English speakers) languages by saturdayplace on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @11:21AM (#1010135)
Amerikai vagyok, de Magyarul tudok beszélni. A nyelv lego-hoz hasonlit - kis kockákkal építsz szavakat. Szeretem.

I'm American, but I can speak Hungarian. The language is like legos. You build words out of little blocks. I love it.

Re:The world’s hardest (for native English speakers) languages by agazso on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @10:57AM (#1010099)
I am hungarian and I met several people in Hungary coming from all over the world, who somehow fell in love with the country or the language and did learn the language quite well.

So it can definitely be done (as with any other language), although you need strong motivation and a bit love of the language. But I think there are not many people in the world who has the motivation for learning an obscure language that is only spoken in one Eastern European country.

Re:The world’s hardest (for native English speakers) languages by chrismoos on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @10:47AM (#1010078)
I started learning it about 6 months ago, and was in Hungary from July - September. The language immersion helped me a lot....no one speaks English in Magyarorszag :).