What is easier to learn Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Japanese?
I studied all 3 (though mandarin was more informal and I invested less time in it), I think Arabic was the easiest. While Mandarin is arguably the easiest of the three gramatically, the tones are murder (at least they were for me). Although you basically have to learn 2 languages in Arabic, one for men the other for women, in Japanese there are four words for words like sister (my older, my younger, your older, your younger). And of course the arabic alphabet is infinitely easier than either Chinese or Japanese, I learned it in about a month and didn’t even try to learn to read Chinese/Japanese.
