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Chinese languages are actually pretty easy to learn to speak. All the grammatical sharp corners have been knocked off over the centuries.

Chinese written language, I agree, is a challenge for people used to alphabetic languages.

For someone coming from an atonal language, it can be very difficult to learn.

Everybody's MMV; I have more trouble with the difference between "Kirche" (church) and "Kirsche" (cherry) in German.