The phonetics are similar enough to English to make sense to someone who speaks both, but in terms of phonetic consistency, I think you're better off with Itali

The phonetics are similar enough to English to make sense to someone who speaks both, but in terms of phonetic consistency, I think you're better off with Italian or Spanish (no silent letters, few weird consonant blends, letters are consistently pronounced the same). Or Esperanto, but that doesn't count :P