Re: Learning languages

Hanuman Zhang wrote:
>     Intriguin'ly Farber says: "... let me ... point out that Indonesian
> [Bahasa Indonesia] is the easiest language in the world - no hedging, no
'almost,'
> no 'among the easiest.' In my experience, Indonesian is the easiest. The
> grammar is minimal, regular, and simple. Once I began to learn it,
Indonesian
> didn't seem 'jungle' anymore...."
Based on my experience as a learner, teacher and observer of learners of
Indonesian, I would say yes-- it's an easy language to get into quickly, and
Indonesians (maybe not Malaysians) are so accustomed to hearing a huge range
of good<-->bad spoken language that they are very forgiving of foreigners'
efforts.

 >     ROTFLMAO. Farber has not tried reading or hearing classic/academic
> Indonesian fiction and poetry evidently...
That is also true. Some written Indonesian is right up there with Micro$soft
manuals.