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What languages have sounds that are nearly impossible for non-native speakers to learn?

April 26, 2017impossible Languages Linguistics non-native pronunciation sciences social Sounds speakers

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What languages have sounds that are nearly impossible for non-native speakers to learn?

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Well, I can say that as a North American I have trouble with tone languages such as Mandarin and Japanese. It’s also nearly impossible to speak german flawlessly if you wern’t raised on it.