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What languages do native speakers of Mandarin and Arabic find the hardest to learn?

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This might not be easy … A western woman teaching in a Chinese school. Photograph: Tom Allwood/Alamy

Mandarin and Arabic often top the list of languages that are hardest to learn. But what do native speakers of those languages find the hardest to master, and why? Alex Billings, Lincoln

Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.

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