Despite the fact that Turkish has a phonetic nature that simplifies pronunciation, it is one of the most difficult languages to learn due to its complex grammar, suffixes, and order of words. The ...

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Arabic is the most difficult language to learn in the world. It is widely spoken in the Middle East and North Africa region, and is native to an estimated 110 million people. Like Persian, its script ...

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