Post Brexit: the cost of learrning a European language

The guys at Voucherbox.co.uk looked into the costs and required hours for English speakers to start from scratch learning a new European language and go all the way through to fluency.

They found a typical person takes 600 hours to learn Portuguese with lessons costing an average of £10.02 an hour – making a total investment of £6138.

German is a more difficult tongue to master with the average learner taking 750 hours to become fluent. Lessons are also more expensive with the average at £16.02 an hour bringing the total to a whopping £12,013 – almost twice the cost of Portuguese. 

Spanish was also found to be one of the best value languages to learn with a total costing of £6,157. This included 600 hours of language priced at £10.26 per hour. 

Italian and French both also took 600 hours to learn but the average cost per hour meant they came in at £7,004 and £8,171 respectively. 

European languages on the whole were much easier for English speakers to master than other world languages.

To learn Korean, you must set aside a whopping £41,155, as well as dedicating 2,200 to the language. It was revealed that as well as being one of the most difficult languages to crack, it will also cost £18.71 per hour.

Meanwhile Mandarin Chinese, will set you back a total of £29,367, while Japanese is also expensive, priced at an average of £24,375.

Check out the table of languages, the hours to learn and average hourly cost, along with an overall learning cost, below: