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by SomeHacker44 2099 days ago
Having studied both Mandarin and Japanese, not to mention Latin, Spanish, French and English, plus looked into myriad other European languages...

Mandarin is an order of magnitude harder than Japanese. Japanese is easy to speak and hear. It has two phonetic alphabets, and fewer pictograms in its Kanji than Mandarin. It has a highly regular grammar. So much easier than Mandarin. Just my 2c.