Which language for a monolingual English speaker: Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?

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@saman42

to answer the question, while korean is the easiest of the three, it is also the least useful (generalization, it could end up being the most useful for you). of the remaining two, mandarin is more useful but japanese is easier. in 2.5 years, it is unlikely that you will make substantial progress in chinese, unless you spend those years in china. I say take japanese.

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<p>Some fairly valid points there. </p>

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<p>If you’re having trouble deciding which language to choose, then question yourself: which of the three countries (China, Korea, Japan) would you be most interested in studying? </p>

<p>All language courses also come with some cultural readings, no?</p>