{"id":1036,"date":"2020-10-28T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:07:25","slug":"episode-37-the-hardest-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1036","title":{"rendered":"Episode 37 &#8211; The Hardest Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 37 &amp;#8211; The Hardest Languages\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-28T21:39:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I discuss which languages are hardest to learn, and what makes some languages more difficult to learn than others. It's not possible to provide a definitive list of the most challenging languages as it depends on a variety of factors....\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7572\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1036-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.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\/episode-37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1036-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode-37.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I discuss which languages are hardest to learn, and what makes some languages more difficult to learn than others. It&#8217;s not possible to provide a definitive list of the most challenging languages as it depends on a variety of factors. This hasn&#8217;t stopped people from doing this anyway. 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It's not possible to provide a definitive list of the most challenging languages as it depends on a variety of factors....\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7573\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1036-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.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\/episode-37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1036-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode-37.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode-37.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I discuss which languages are hardest to learn, and what makes some languages more difficult to learn than others. It&#8217;s not possible to provide a definitive list of the most challenging languages as it depends on a variety of factors. This hasn&#8217;t stopped people from doing this anyway. 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