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korean - easiest to read chinese - easiest grammar japanese - easiest to pronounce

For me Korean: easy to read, hard to pronounce Japanese: hard to read, easy to pronounce Chinese: hard to read, hard to pronounce

I've taken Korean lessons for 3 months this year, and I can tell that it is much easier than it can seem ! I've learned to read, write and speak a little really quickly. Fighting :D

Korean alphabet is like 3D puzzle version of alphabet and yet, any complicated sound/pronunciation can be written easily, and reading is so easy, literally, there is no reason to have a spelling bee contest. you will not have any problem on how to pronounce "a" , "e", "i" , etc... I guess it's similar to Spanish in that sense.

“Even a stupid man can learn Korean in 10 days” *Me who’s been trying to learn it for the past month*: (・∀・)

"I love anime but I'm also a fan of K-pop and i could never say no to Chinese food" perfectly said.

Quick, clear and very helpful. Love this video

As a Korean, I've spoken English for a long time and I've also learned German, Japanese and Chinese. Since the word order of Korean and Japanese is the same, Japanese is easy to learn for me, but Chinese was very difficult because of the tone and the different word order. That's why many Koreans can't speak Chinese well compared to Japanese. Chinese is a neighboring language to Koreans, but it's more difficult than English.

Anime or kpop is the hardest question I have ever receive in my life

Asian languages sound cool when you speak them👌

Thank u for the video! Easy to be familiar with languages,,

Annyeong, I know Japanese and I'm currently learning Korean, so I'm really glad I did exactly as you advised! Your videos are concise fast and useful, ありがと。

Japanese: anime Korean:k-pop Chinese:business

Pros for all Chinese easiest grammar Japanese easiest pronunciation Korean easiest alphabet

really helpful！thx for the video！

nice informative video arigatoa lot my man

愛人 in Chinese: spouse, in Korean: lover, in Japanese: affair partner. Ah~ cultural differences...

me: thinking i'm having a good talk the chinese person i'm talking to: did you just call my mother a horse

1：40　I eat rice 私がご飯を食べます（This is the wrong translation） 私はご飯を食べます（This is the correct translationright） は←wa or ha .The word は is pronounced wa when it comes after the subject,は is pronounced "ha" only when it is part of a word.

Korean is so pretty to listen, Chinese writing is SO PRETTY, I'm learning and I'm so excited bc it's very different but pretty and i hope I can stay excited until I can fully understand the language lol

"I love anime but i'm also fond of kpop. and i could never say no to chinese food" howd you know? 👀

Him recommending to start with Japanese but I’m already deep into korean. 👁👄👁

Im learning korean now. Think i knew the whole alfabeth in 3 hours. I mix up 여 and 야 sometimes but not often but i also mix up 유 and 요, witch happens alot.

you forgot to mention that if you learn korean, you get to go to north korea which is the greatest country in the world

The dude explained why I clicked on this video in the first 9 seconds

"Even a stupid man can learn it in 10 days" *Me who still gets confused between the vowels: 👁💧👄💧👁*

Really lovely video thank you

Thanx for this video, it is really useful for latin native language speakers as we brazilian.

I’m Korean American and I was born in Seoul but left when I was 2 years old. I feel like I’ve lost touch of my Korean culture and the language. My Korean pronunciation sucks and it’s so embarrassing. I want to learn Chinese and Japanese but I feel like before I learn any other language, I should learn my mother country’s language🤞🏻 haha wish my good luck Edit: Haha why did I just get notifications for this I read all the comments and I really appreciate them all thanks for cheering me on and sharing ur experiences as well:)) some comments are like BS lmao no need to fight and have petty arguments. I’ve actually started opening korean learner books and tried learning it from the start. Grammar is hard😅 but eventually I’ll get the hang of it😊

I'm Chinese and I've been learning Japanese by myself and planning to learn Korean. TBH Chinese characters were a huge bonus when learning Japanese kanjis

Thanks a bunch bro

listening to all of that makes my head spin and I want to sleep...I want to learn all three, but I think that was an overload for me...good content though...

I'm very fortunate to be able to speak all 3... But it's a lot of effort to learn

As an NCTzen, it's very bold of you to assume that I will choose only one...

와우 한국어가 완전 원어민이네요 한국인같은 발음에 설명도 완벽합니다 배우려는 분들에게 정말 도움되는 컨텐츠네요 중국어나 일본어는 저도 모르는데 대단하십니다👍🏻

im currently in my 6th month studying japanese. its very hard😭 kanji is making me go crazy. im thinking of learning korean afterwards since they share the same grammar as japanese, and i already learned the korean alphabet, so i just need to memorise more vocabs😊

Me who wants to watch anime without subs, speak to a billion people, AND sing Gangnam style: 👁️👄👁️💧

I'm Japanse. It's easy to learn Korean for us because there are a lot of same words even if not a same character. It's also easy to understand Chinese for us because of similar character. but English is ...😱

you are languege genius!! What a perfect accent!!!

Thank you for the insightful video. i am targeting to all learn all these three. i got a good booster from this video... Starting from Japanese ;)

In my opinion, Korean is the easiest. The writing system is simple, there’s a lot of K-dramas and music to help. But I haven’t learned Chinese or Japanese yet.

learning Chinese since I love their culture learning Japanese since I adore watching anime learning Korean because I love BTS

Wow you're so fluent bro. I am currently trying to learn a japanese to study aboard. God bless you man.

For some reason, youtube's been recommending this exact video to me for several years every once in a while lol. This shows up every time I almost forget about the existence of this to remind this video exists. Congrats! You've been definitely selected by the youtube algorithm.

"If you learn Korean, you'll finally be able to sing Oppa Gagnam Style" 😂😂😂😂 That is what I call top priority ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. Thank you for covering this topic and shedding more light about it.

My mothers side is korean but she left me when i was a kid so I didnt grow up with the culture plus I look like my dad who is caucasian/Welsh. So I want to learn about korean language and culture but I'm also so interested in Japanese culture. I also love anime, kpop, and chinese food. I'm struggling.

I started learning Japanese last year and it's been really cool. I've just been memorizing words as fast as I can and watching a ton of Japanese KZfaq and TV shows. At first I understood very little but after a few weeks I started being able to understand more and more.

I love your channel!!! ❤❤❤

Korean alphabet(Hangeul) = easiest alphabet in the world Korean grammar = very difficult

Korean is easiest to learn at beginning. You can learn all letters within 1 hour. Read, write, speak, basic communication for traveling in one week. But it will get complex in literature level. Which is good because writers can be very creative with the language. If you want to understand K-drama or movies in full, you should learn Korean as you will miss a lot of nuiances which can't be translated.

Superb video

Nicely catch up. Those different sounds...influenced by Chinese letters but not at all. Eventually not a same it.

when learning korean 1. get trapped into false sense of security after learning the alphabet in less than a day 2. realize that they have two sets of numbers to memorize, and that one set is used for the hour and the other is used for the minutes when telling time 3. say fuck it and go back to speaking one language

언어학 전공하셨나... 굉장히 핵심들 딱딱 짚으시고 공통점 차이점을 잘 설명해주시네

I started learning japanese nowadays although i was quite wondering which one is best to learn first since i'm interested in those 3 languages then i saw this video now.. i think it was a good idea to start with the japanese. Arigatou gozaimasu😊

Thank you 😊 so much 4 showing Bi Rain Oppa pic at the beginning of K -Pop introduction

So basically the perfect Asian language would be: The writing system of Korean, the pronunciation of Japanese, and the grammar of Chinese....

"Naega" Korean: I Japan: Similar China: This USA: racist!!! Korean, japan and china:???

Im so impressive your prononciation. Im korean and learned chinese for 2yrs. I didn’t learn about Japanese but quite familiar its intonation. so I can feel you studied phonics hard in their respective academies. I believe U must advanced level each

wow, what a awesome language learner! I respect you. I only can speak my country language. I want to learn Japanese, but I give up temporarily because of Kanji. I have to learn English first! I wish I could speak several languages eagerly.

Personally, I recommend starting with Chinese Mandarin if you REALLY want to learn all 3. Learning Chinese will FORCE you to learn the characters. It's a bigger wall to get over right off the bat, but it will pay off massively. Not to mention, you won't mess up the tones as much this way. If you start with Japanese or Korean, there are words that you'll be used to saying without tones, and it can drastically change the meaning to omit them. Meanwhile, if you accidentally carry your tones into Japanese or Korean it will still be understandable. It's also just very easy to give up on Chinese, but if you have it as the first goal of a massive 3 language goal, you might be more motivated to get through it. If you really struggle, then just go for Korean. There's tons of resources, and you can switch tons of games into it or read books in it without needing to look up a ton of characters. With Korean, I could learn new words from context very easily. With Chinese, even though the characters carry meaning, a lot of time is spent looking up the characters just to know how to pronounce it. As much as I love Japanese, I would say that Japanese should come last, at LEAST second. You'll get used to Korea's writing system, and a lot of vocabulary is shared with similar pronunciation. You can keep solidifying your Chinese pronunciation of the characters while you learn Korean and get used to the different grammar. Once you've gotten both down, you'll be able to just learn vocabulary in Japanese and pretty much understand the language. There will be a lot of cultural differences and sayings that differ, but it's not too bad. As a final note do NOT start another language until you are comfortable and can speak/read/hear the current language with a lot of fluency. It's a massive undertaking and it will take a good 10-15 years to learn all 3 and know them well. Don't be fooled by the massive number of "polyglots" you run into on KZfaq that know enough to visit tourist spots and order one or two dishes. It's not bad to have specific goals for each language. Chinese is my upper level language. I like using it for high level texts related to philosophy and Buddhism. My Korean is more middle school tier. I was able to get around in the country and talk to natives about basic level politics and stuff. (You'd never catch me discussing geography or high level academic things.) I haven't yet started Japanese, because my Korean needs more attention. (Start a new language too quick, and you'll forget the one you already learned). But, I can read Japanese stuff in Chinese using Korean grammar rules. It's harder to read lower level stuff than higher level stuff just because hiragana and katakana force you to think in Japanese. But if you stick with it it IS all possible.

In the first fifteen seconds he literally pinned my entire conflicting thoughts wtf

I really love Chinese language and am learning it. Well self learning. Trying to find tips to learn it even more efficiently.

i know both japanese and english, and currently learning korean. since japanese basically has the same sentence structure and the letters are really simple compared to 漢字.

I'm Japanese. I like China and Korea.🌼 I'm studying Chinese and I'm playing taekwondo（跆拳道）!🥰

As a Korean student studying in Japan and also taking a Chinese class, his explanation of three languages is perfect and to the point. Needless to say Korean, Japanese pronunciations are great.

very hepful thanks

I totally agree with this video

와… 한중일 3개국어를 모두 수준급으로 구사하기가 쉽지 않으셨을텐데 ㄷㄷ 대단하네요

서양분이 한중일 언어 3개를 하시다니 정말 대단합니다. 저도 열심히 노력하겠습니다.

I’m a native (Swiss) German speaker and got taught 2) French 3) English and 4) Italian. I’m fluent in English now and have average knowledge in French. My Italian vocabulary is still basic but I understand obv more than I’m actually able to speak, I guess that count for every language tbh. A few yrs ago I tried teaching myself Japanese its the easiest to pronounce but I struggled with reading/writing cuz Hiragana and Katakana are pretty different. I gave up w/Japanese(I still know some phrases and can introduce myself;) and started w/Korean about a year ago. I do recommend to learn the writing system first(Hangeul) and after your reading became faster(romanized obv) expanding your vocabulary. After one year my reading speed increased immense and now that I’m adding vocabulary I basically understand a lot.

For me, since I can speak/read/write chinese, so japanese kanji is a bit easy to memorize since lots of chinese word being used most of the time. But the usage of the kanji is different from chinese.

Bingo bango mango i’m half japanese and half chinese so I can speak both languages fluently and what’s even better is that i’m currently learning Korean

Reasons why some people want to learn Chinese: Food and culture Reasons why I want to learn Chinese: Work and Chinese dramas

Mandarin is my mother language, and I learned some Japanese in college. I am very interested in Korean language. Thank you for this awesome video.

So impressed that he understands all of three languages! I’m Japanese and when I’m asked if Japanese is difficult, I always tell them “There are more than 2000 ‘BASIC’ characters,” same as Chinese. It will be harder to read and write than to listen and speak.

나에게 한국어가 정말 아름답다고 생각합나다. 한국어를 가장 좋아해요. 1년 동안 공부하고 있어요. 한국어는 정말 어려운 언어예요 하지만 한글을 읽을 수 있어요. 그리고 한글을 진짜 좋아합니다. 한자가 너무나 어여워요

I like all 3 countries but I personally think Korean sounds beautiful, especially their songs.

I'm going with: 1- Korean 2- Japanese (i'm not interested in learning chinese xd)

Thank u so much for making this vedio. I've been learning Japanese since years and was interested in Chinese so took admission in part time courses and learning Korean myself. I thought it would be confusing to learn Chinese after Japanese but thank u for giving me hope

Chinese - Jet Li Japanese - Pokemon Korean - BTS

와 발음 대박이야.. 3개 국어를 한다는 것도 놀라운데 발음도 거의 원어민같음..와 진짜 대단하다👍👍

Das Anfangsbeispiel mit den syntaktischen Strukturen in allen drei Sprachen find ich super gut!

I don't consume chinese media at all so that's off my list. Kinda ironic since i'm chinese. I can barely speak basic conversional chinese lately due to lack of exposure. Korean web novels are the shit so i wanna learn it for that. And japanese for the sake of wanting to learn it for conversational purposes since i basically see it every day on twitter since i follow so many jp artists. Then again i've been putting off learning both of my choices for quite a while now... it's tough to start

Korean is so hard 😓but the writing system is pretty easy

I’m learning Chinese rn and it’s really easy to understand but it’s honestly a nightmare to write

Just as there are similar words even in different languages in the Western world, East Asia has similar pronunciation. China and Japan use Chinese characters, but since Korean tends to exclude all Chinese characters, Chinese characters are unnecessary in Korean. You only need to learn Korean. The time it takes to read varies from person to person, but usually five days is no problem at all.

I totally agree with the order of learning, but I myself, despite already knowing this would be the most efficient way of learning the three languages, went for Korean first. I just couldn't resist it. I'd been wanting to learn Korean for far longer than the other two 😅

As Chinese, for me ,Korean sounds good, but it’s hard to pronounce ,their words are kind of cute. Japanese is easier to pronounce, sounds good too, but the grammar for me is difficult -as hard as grammar of any other languages. Chinese: well, I could just say our grammar suits well with people who are lazy af

As a Chinese who has never learned Japanese, I won't get lost in Japan. I can read the Japanese instructions on the bags in 7-11(not every character but that is enough) . But Korean is completely unfamiliar to me. 😂

Hangul and Kana are on alphabets, they are syllabaries. Alphabets and syllabaries are both systems of writing, but they differ in how they represent the basic units of sound in a language. Alphabet: An alphabet is a writing system in which each symbol (letter) represents a single sound or phoneme. The basic units of writing in an alphabet are individual letters, each typically corresponding to a consonant or a vowel sound. Examples of languages that use alphabets include English, Spanish, and Greek. Syllabary: A syllabary is a writing system in which each symbol represents a syllable, a unit of sound that typically consists of a consonant and a vowel. In a syllabary, characters represent combinations of consonant and vowel sounds, making them inherently more complex than individual letters in an alphabet. Examples of languages that use syllabaries include Japanese (kana) and Cherokee. In summary, the main difference lies in what the basic unit of representation is. In an alphabet, it's individual sounds or phonemes (usually consonants and vowels), while in a syllabary, it's entire syllables.

I taught my self how to read Russian as an English speaker. It seems that learning Mandarin Chinese will help me a lot with reading some old texts from both China and Japan!

I love Korean 💕 the language is so pretty to me but I really want to watch anime without subtitles

I want to be a businesswoman who can communicate with lots of people so I think Chinese is the best option to learn BUT I indulge myself in so much Korean media that I already know some vocab and grammar so that may be the easiest for me to learn. Finally, there is Japanese which I really love how it sounds. Difficult decision for me. If I were to choose two to learn though… I think my best bet is Korean and Chinese

choose whichever you like

I also learned Japanese first because I lived there for a while when I was younger. Then I learned Korean when I went to live there for a couple years after graduating high school. I currently speak both at the same level (ACTFL advanced high), and I generally found that Korean grammar was a little bit more "regular" than Japanese grammar. There were fewer verb conjugation patterns and irregular verbs to memorize, which made it much easier to use new vocabulary words with confidence while learning. Japanese is also potentially a much bigger investment if you plan to be literate and learn the kanji. Knowing hanja in Korean is helpful but far from necessary (more akin to how knowing Greek and Latin roots can be helpful in English). Both are incredible languages and very worth learning! I can't speak for Chinese because I don't speak it ^^;;

I just came across this terrific video and I'll look for more. I first studied Korean in the 1970s when I lived in South Korea for a couple of years. At that time, Koreans still used almost 2,000 Chinese characters to supplement native Korean written in Hangul. When I came back to the US, I studied Japanese, which was very easy for me because I had the base of Korean grammar and some Chinese characters, and the pronunciation was much easier than Korean. And then, a couple of years later, I moved to Singapore and started studying Chinese. Now I mostly focus on Chinese, but refresh Korean and Japanese from time to time. Knowing all three has been fascinating.

3가지 언어에 대한 이해가 상당하시네요. 존경스럽습니다

As a native Korean speaker, I studied Japanese in college and now also studying Chinese by myself. The most difficult thing was reading Chinese character words. If I try to read in Japanese, but Chinese pronounce comes out in my head. It's very confusing.