Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
Pronounciation is not really the issue with Japanese, it's the writing, reading, and grammar structure that is completely different. They don't have a 'be'-verb at all, instead they have this abstract "topic" and "attribute" system instead. their sentence structure is neither object-subject-verb, nor subject-object-verb. It's just verb. Which leads to many issues...

My language is considered as one of the most difficult European languages to learn (sister language of Hungarian- or was it Ukranian?), but for a latin language speaker it is still easier than learning an Asian language. It's different in many ways, but not -that- different.
Yeah I was mostly thinking about the speaking, but I am aware that way sentences and the grammar in general is very different.

I remember reading Hungarian was definitely up there as far as difficulty. I'm learning Mandarin Chinese and while the reading/writing is pretty difficult, the speaking part is VERY easy and the grammar is actually extremely simple. Which is funny considering how many people ask me how incredibly hard it must be.