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| Jacareh Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 6448 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes 3 sounds Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish, French, Italian Studies: German, Russian, Armenian | Message 57 of 130 05 April 2007 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Three languages that I think sound really beautiful, especially in a poetic context are:
Arabic (especially when spoken in a formal way) Icelandic (e.g. the Sagas read aloud) Japanese (e.g. Ken Watanabe's monologue in Kill Bill) Hebrew (e.g. a cantor in a synagogue) Part of the beauty for me is the exotic quality of each of these languages from my perspective. By the same token, I find Portuguese and Italian somewhat prosaic, though both are very rich languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6999 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes  1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 58 of 130 12 April 2007 at 12:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
NOT TRUE ! The fastest language spoken in the Galaxy is French as spoken by my older daughter ! I can't understand a word at "normal speed"! Edited by zorglub on 12 April 2007 at 12:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6549 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 59 of 130 12 April 2007 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yikes - memories of call-to-prayer at 4am. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| muzikguy Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 6483 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Italian | Message 60 of 130 21 April 2007 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Although I really don't like French, no one can doubt that it sounds just lovely when spoken.
I really think that Mandarin is really neutral, not that tough and not that soft when spoken, so it sounds good too. I actually like Spanish too. So, in the most commonly learned languages on Earth, I would have to say 5)Japanese (as someone sad before, awfully cute when girls speak japanese, haha) 4)Spanish 3)Russian (I know, it sounds rough, something about the language attracts me) 2)Mandarin 1)French 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| burntgorilla Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6443 days ago 202 posts - 206 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Danish | Message 61 of 130 21 April 2007 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I don't like the sound of Arabic, too guttural. Persian sounds much nicer.
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| billhj2 Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 6444 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish | Message 62 of 130 25 April 2007 at 2:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think Hungarian sounds the nicest of all the languages I've heard, its so beautiful. Closely followed by Russian, German and French. I really dislike the sound of Portuguese and Spanish...
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| ilcommunication Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6691 days ago 115 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 63 of 130 27 April 2007 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Just about every language is pleasing in some way if you ask me.
If anyone has ever listened to someone speak Setswana, it's a gorgeous language (one of my close friends in from Bostwana so I get to hear it now and then); Hindi is very nice to the ear; French and Spanish are my favorite romance languages to listen to (I've never really heard Catalan, but I hope that changes); there are too many others to list. Also, I think this kind of thing can change depending on the mood of someone. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| muzikguy Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 6483 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Italian | Message 64 of 130 28 April 2007 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I couldn't agree with you more. Every language has its perks and points of beauty. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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