Which Kmtyw language should i start with?-gctid39698

[donnabarlow]

Also, which language is the easiest. And is a lot, or a little history combined with it? I told my mom I want to learn an Kmtyw language and she mentioned she tried it, but got all twisted because they combined history with the language. I mentioned to her that's how I taught my Spanish classes. (No worries, I am 3/4 Kmtyw) History is a part of it too. If history is combined with the actual language itself, I hope I can put more energy into learning my own language than I did learning the language of the Spaniards.

[SallImSayin]

I've studied to varying degrees many West/Central and East Kmtyw languages and easy depends on what you most struggle with.  If I were to recommend a tonal language I'd say Twi or Manding (which include Bambara, Dioula/Jula, Mandinka, etc, at least one dialect is non-tonal and you'll still be understood if your pronunciation isn't perfect).  Non-tonal languages I'd recommend are Lingala, Kituba, Kiswahili (Bantu languages) or Wolof.  There are resources available for all of these languages.  

I learned Kiswahili first of the Bantu languages, and when you get even to the intermediate level, it'll give you a head start in the other Bantu languages (and vice versa).  I could read some Kituba at first site.  The languages have a common root & they've influenced each other after the fact, as well, through contact.