3. Mmm Whatcha Say

Ever wondered which languages would be the hardest to learn? In this episode Johanna tells us about the supposedly hardest languages to learn while Olivia introduces us to different whistling languages around the world. Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time. Questions/Comments/Compliments/Corrections? Email us at [email protected] or reach out to us on Twitter @aircastlespod Johanna's Sources: "High and Low Context Cultures": https://www.researchgate.net/figure/High-and-low-context-cultures-Samovar-Porter-1997-p-24-Sueda-Fukuda-2011-p_fig3_327180415 "Japanese, Finnish or Chinese? The 10 Hardest Languages for English Speakers to Learn": https://unbabel.com/blog/japanese-finnish-or-chinese-the-10-hardest-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn/ "9 of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn": https://www.businessinsider.com/hardest-language-to-learn-2018-5?r=DE&IR=T#arabic-2