[collyw]

Python is nice in that it is a powerful language with advanced features but you don't need to use / understand those features to get started. So while you may view it as "large" language, you can get started without understanding these things.

If you contrast this with Java, Java is a smaller language, but forces you to use object orientation, so you generally have to have a better understanding of abstract concepts from the beginning.

Anyway, that's two of the languages I know reasonably well. Out of those two I would go for Python.