[gogogodzilla]

The whole lack of vowels as well as the right-to-left writing is also found in Hebrew as well.

And it is a real pain in the butt for newcomers to learn without vowels. Which is why I gave it up and learned Korean.

Which has it’s own problems (like frequently dropping the subject in sentences, so you don’t know who their talking/writing about).

[Tamar1973]

The whole lack of vowels as well as the right-to-left writing is also found in Hebrew as well. And it is a real pain in the butt for newcomers to learn without vowels. Which is why I gave it up and learned Korean. Which has it’s own problems (like frequently dropping the subject in sentences, so you don’t know who their talking/writing about).

I have studied both Korean and Hebrew but I think I know Hebrew a bit better (mainly due to the fact I studied it consistently for a couple of years at a local synagogue). :)

[Myrddin]

Korean is a Turkic language. Of course it has a very different lettering
scheme from the latin or cyrillic forms used in Turkey. You might find it
pretty easy to add to you linguistic capability if you have a good command of Korean. A key concept in Turkish is vowel harmony. The first vowel in the word sets rule for the rest. It is very consistent compared to the front/back vowels of Irish Gaelic. Welsh is comparatively simple. You pronounce everything. The letter ‘y’ is a vowel that is pronounced two ways depending on where it is present in a word. In a final syllable it has the long E as in the English word “see”. In initial or medial syllables it has the “schwa” like the leading “u” in “under”

[Defiant]

so you don’t know who their talking/writing about

You've just unwittingly highlighted one of the problems that foreigners have with English. But I still like English best as a method of communication.