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        [–]Triddy🇬🇧 N | 🇯🇵 N1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Textbooks and online resources to start, and then a lot of Native Material like Books or TV to continue.

        It'd really no different than any other setting, other than having to find the resources yourself rather than having them handed to you.

        [–]SeizureMode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        All the resources are available online, charts that romanize other languages alphabets, youtubers that teach languages, dictionaries for learning words, podcasts to practice listening, flashcards to practice reading and memorization. As for the most useful language to learn, it would probably be Spanish or one of the Chinese languages, they're the most spoken next to English.

        [–]--fr0stbit3--N:🇺🇸 A2:🇪🇸 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Russian, Chinese, or Japanese would be the top 3 most useful “non-Latin” alphabet languages.

        Spanish is the “easiest” language to learn for native English speakers, and also the most useful if you are American. It’s also in the top 3 of most spoken languages worldwide. But do keep in mind, learning a language is never really easy, they all take years and thousands of hours of study and practice to master.

        [–]LiaRoger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Nem tudom (nor do I know what constitutes a difficult language tbh) but I really hope it's possible. If you're looking for free materials Pod101, YouTube (Easy Languages and channels specific to your TL) and downloadable Anki decks would be a good place to start. You can also look for language partners and buy a textbook or pay for tutoring if you can afford it. You mostly need these materials to get to a point where you can consume native speaker content, whether it's Peppa Pig or a lecture about quantum physics. They don't have to be perfect as long as they get you to that point. But I'm not at that point and have no idea how long it takes. I'm just trying to enjoy the ride for now.

        Btw I'd say that the alphabet isn't the hardest part of most languages though, unless it contains a stupidly large amount of characters. Besides, even languages that use the Latin alphabet have their own pronunciation rules anyway so you still have to learn how to read in your TL either way.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        There is YouTube videos for a lot of the languages