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If you try to ask what the easiest language for an English speaker to learn is, you'd get "Dutch" and "Danish," among others.But there is a lesser-known language out there that might just be the absolute easiest, because it directly descends English, with influence from others.
It's Tok Pisin, the language of Papua New Guinea (Papua Niugini).
Gude, mi tok Tok Pisin!
"Hello, I speak Tok Pisin!"
Ol tok Tok Pisin
"They all speak Tok Pisin"
Tok bilong yu
"Your language" or "your speech"
Tok bilong olgeta
"Everybody's language"
As you can see, Tok Pisin sounds like a simplified version of English, with spelling that actually makes sense! Let's explain some of the examples above.
In the first one, "gude" is pronounced as "goodae" which comes from "g'day," a term most English speakers are familliar with. "Tok" comes from English "talk," and it refers to language and speech. The name "Tok Pisin" is what the native speakers call the language, "Pisin" in English is "Pidgin." So "Tok Pisin" literally means "Pidgin Language."
In the second example, "ol" comes from English "all," when used as a pronoun it roughly translates to "they all."
In the third and fourth examples, "bilong" is a possesive word, meaning "of," "from," and "for." It comes from English "belong" and if you know what that means you'll very quickly become familliar with its usage in Tok Pisin. Olgeta roughly translates to "all," which could mean everybody. It comes from English "all together."
All of these examples are to make a point as to how similar this language is to English.
Gude, yu stap gut?
"Hello, how are you?" Literally translates into "hello, are you being good?" Stap is a word indicating present progressive tense (Em wokabaut stap = "He is walking", "wokabaut" coming from "walk about").
Plis, tenkyu
"Please, thank you"
Mi no harim tok bilong yu
"I don't understand you," literally meaning "I don't understand your speech."
Wannem nem bilong yu?
"What is your name?"
Em tok stap
"He is talking"
Mi laikim Tok Pisin
"I love Tok Pisin", "laikim" meaning "to love."
Tok Pisin is a little bit odd here and there, but it's such a simple language that learning it is pretty easy for English speakers, maybe even more so than Dutch or the likes. If you also know a bit of Toki Pona you would notice a bit of similarities between both these languages, mostly in how simple and condensed the vocabulary is.
Do correct me for any mistakes I may have done or wrong translations, this is my first time writing on languages.