Talk:Difficulty of learning languages

I am intrigued by the "genetic disposition" part: combining the results of Scherag et al. (2004) with Ross and Bever (2004), you might conclude that "right-handed familials" do better in German, and "left-handed familials" do better in English. The natural follow-up question would be, are there, in fact, more left-handed people in (medieval) England than in (medieval) Germany?

I. McManus, A. Hartigan, Declining left-handedness in Victorian England seen in the films of Mitchell and Kenyon. Current Biology, Volume 17, Issue 18, Pages R793-R794[1]
Research in the U.K. showed a decline in left-handedness in the older population compared to the younger generation. [2] "the prevalence of left-handedness is 11.2% at age 15, and falls to 4.4% at age 70."
"Statistiken geben den Anteil der Linkshänder in Deutschland mit rund 15 Prozent an" [3]

if this is true, there are actually more left-handed people in Germany than in the UK. dab (𒁳) 09:18, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hard languages for English speakers

Talk:Korean language#Hardest Language to master? --Kjoonlee 19:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]