{"id":1031,"date":"2020-09-28T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2020-10-28T22:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T22:38:55","slug":"episode-36-the-easiest-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1031","title":{"rendered":"Episode 36 &#8211; The Easiest Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 36 &amp;#8211; The Easiest Languages\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-28T13:26:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I discuss which languages are easiest to learn for native speakers of English, and what factors make languages easy or difficult to learn, including grammar, spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, the availablity of resources, and so on...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3599\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1031-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1031-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode36.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode36.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I discuss which languages are easiest to learn for native speakers of English, and what factors make languages easy or difficult to learn, including grammar, spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, the availablity of resources, and so on.<\/p>\n<h3>Tunes features in this episode<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/hedgecats\">Hedge Cats \/ Cathod y Gwyrch<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662006537&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.com\/user\/16918231\/scores\/5667004\">See the score for this tune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/the-happy-hedgehog\">The Happy Hedgehog \/ Y Draenog Hapus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306872923&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; 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