{
  "id": 18324548,
  "title": "Easiest and hardest languages to learn based on FSI data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/easiest-and-hardest-languages-to-learn-based-on-fsi-data",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T14:53:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/language-difficulty-english-speakers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The State Department's Foreign Service Institute rates Romanian easier than German and Swahili quicker than Polish. Here are 10 takeaways.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}