 The orthographic complexity of a language directly impacts how difficult learning to read the language is . English and French have comparatively " deep " phonemic orthographies within the Latin alphabet writing system , with complex structures employing spelling patterns on several levels : letter @-@ sound correspondence , syllables , and morphemes . Languages such as Spanish , Italian and Finnish have mostly alphabetic orthographies , which primarily employ letter @-@ sound correspondence – so @-@ called shallow orthographies – which for dyslexics makes them easier to learn . <unk> writing systems , such as Chinese characters , have extensive symbol use , and pose problems for dyslexic learners . 
