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Lord have mercy. All the languages I'm learning are:

> Category IV Languages – “Super-hard languages” – Languages which are exceptionally difficult for native English speakers.

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Given that four of the five are Asian languages, there's a lot of transferability. Not a crazy amount but enough to give you a boost. Knowing Chinese made learning Japanese feel a notch easier, and learning Korean afterwards felt yet another step easier.

The 2200 hours represents learning from scratch.

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