Which of these is considered the second most difficult language for English speakers to learn?

There are around 7000 languages in the world out of which the top 10 hardest languages are Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. The difficulty level of learning any language depends on its sentence structure, grammar, and word formation, not on its popularity.

Extensively spoken across Arab and Africa - Arabic is considered the second most difficult language for English speakers to learn due to: 1) Pronunciation: Arabic pronunciation is difficult because it lacks vowel sounds and requires using the back of the throat; 2) Regional dialects: Arabic has many regional dialects, some of which differ significantly; 3) Writing: Arabic is written from right to left, which can be challenging to get used.

Based on various surveys created by reputed magazines and organisations, Mandarin is unanimously considered the most difficult language to master in the world, spoken by over a billion people in the world. Arabic is extremely popular in the Middle East and Africa with over 300 million speakers. Japanese (with over 125.1 million spoken people) has three native scripts, and politeness levels determine word choice and sentence structure. Korean (with over 80.7 million spoken people) is based on Hangul alphabet (which consists of charecters that represent 19 consonants and 21 vowels).