Go go go
Golang is pretty easy to learn language. Basic stuff is very similar to C group of languages. No OOP, functional style code feels controversial, but it definitely adds to usability and overall simplicity. Some syntax is weird, for example channels reading with assignment. Language features like slices and goroutines are basically familiar with C++ vector and threading trickery + coroutines. But they are baked into language which is unintuitive with C++ background...