(CBSNews) Ever notice how Germans sounds so severe? The German language is very intense, full of harsh vowels and long, hard-sounding words. Now that doesn't make it bad, per se, just different than ...

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What are the easiest Germanic languages to learn for English speakers? Not every language is equally easy or equally hard to learn. How fast will a person acquire a new language definitely depends on ...