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| Kyle Groupie United States Joined 7074 days ago 49 posts - 49 votes | Message 65 of 297 12 July 2005 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Japanese is most beautiful to me because it has both the charm of an East Asian language (such as a beautiful, intricate writing system) as well as the flow of a romance language. Chinese dialects look awesome when written, but they sound somewhat choppy to me.
Being a native speaker of English, it's hard for me to understand what English "sounds like" and if it is "beautiful." What does Enlgish sound like to other people who are not native speakers? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hokusai77 Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 7151 days ago 212 posts - 217 votes  1 sounds Speaks: Italian*, FrenchB1, EnglishC1 Studies: GermanB1, Japanese | Message 66 of 297 13 July 2005 at 2:02am | IP Logged | ||
You're right, Japanese is a beautiful language, and you gave a perfect explanation of why it is so melodious. I had never thought it had the flow of a Romance language, but in fact it has. Vowels are crystal-clear like in Spanish or Italian (and, for Italian mother-tongues like me, it's quite simple to learn right pronunciation). I really love British English, its tones and stresses which make it sound polished and refined. American English is a bit more "furred", especially Californian and Texan accents. I also like Irish and Scottish variations. EDIT: I corrected a couple of typos Edited by hokusai77 on 13 July 2005 at 2:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ferdi Tetraglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 7074 days ago 41 posts - 41 votes Speaks: Turkish, Dutch*, English, German | Message 67 of 297 13 July 2005 at 6:22am | IP Logged | ||
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For me, the most beautiful language is Spanish , Italian and France are also beautiful, I also like English with the London accent. Edited by administrator on 13 July 2005 at 7:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jradetzky Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom geocities.com/jradet Joined 7206 days ago 521 posts - 485 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanB1 | Message 68 of 297 13 July 2005 at 9:32am | IP Logged | ||
I agree. Japanese sounds more pleasant than Mandarin. I was listening to the same anime song (Japanese cartoon music) in various languages (Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, Italian, French), and only the original Japanese version kept the charm and sweetness of the show (Candy Candy for those who know it). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| vincenthychow Tetraglot Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 7103 days ago 136 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Cantonese, English, GermanB1, Japanese Studies: French | Message 69 of 297 13 July 2005 at 11:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Japanese song is always the most charming. Perhaps the pronounciating of Japanese best fit the music.
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| Giordano Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7173 days ago 213 posts - 218 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Cantonese, Greek | Message 70 of 297 15 July 2005 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Japanese shares a basic characteristic of pronunciation with Romance Languages- that is, the consonant-vowel-consonant structure
For example, hi-ra-ga-na i-ke-ba-na (excuse my limited knowledge of Japanese) je-ne-sais-pas ri-de-re vi-ci-ssi-tu-di-ni en-chi-la-da or-de-na-dor I think this is also why Serbocroatian is considered 'beautiful'. Take for example (forgive the spelling- it is just my own phonetic transcription): go-vo-ri-te da-li ste-vi a-me-ri-ka-nac? ja-ni-sam hr-va-te-tsa (the 'r' is vocalic) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jradetzky Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom geocities.com/jradet Joined 7206 days ago 521 posts - 485 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanB1 | Message 71 of 297 15 July 2005 at 1:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is the Japanese anime song I was talking about in an earlier post. It sounds so sweet, and it is so easy to follow the Japanese lyrics in Hiragana as well.
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| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7187 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 72 of 297 15 July 2005 at 1:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love the sound of gutteral languages like Russian and German, but Italian sounds nice too. I also love the way Swedish sounds. I'm not sure why, but I love it.
The only languages that come to mind whos sound I cannot stand, are French and Portuguese. I don't like the nasal vowels at all. I'm not to fond of tonal languages like Chinese or Vietnamese either, but they are okay. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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