Afrikaans

Afrikaans is essentially simplified Dutch — it dropped most of the complex grammar that Dutch retained from its Germanic roots. No verb conjugation by person (the verb stays the same regardless of who's doing it), no grammatical gender for practical purposes, and a logical, almost formulaic sentence structure. It's the youngest Germanic language, standardized only in the early 20th century. About 7 million native speakers in South Africa and Namibia. Many linguists consider it the single easiest language for English speakers to learn.