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| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5748 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 17 of 26 23 April 2009 at 3:34am | IP Logged | ||
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I can't choose. Although I have a bias view on which one is better, I have to say that Russian sounds nicer. It can
sound different for multiple occasions. It can sound sensual and provocative, fierce and tough, or mysterious and dangerous. I will definitely try Russian someday. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| apparition Octoglot Senior Member United States Joined 6652 days ago 600 posts - 667 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), French, Arabic (Iraqi), Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Pashto | Message 18 of 26 23 April 2009 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Right now I like Arabic more, but that's probably because my exposure to Russian isn't as nuanced and I haven't learned to appreciate it as much.
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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6261 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 19 of 26 23 April 2009 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Although Russian sounds nicer than Arabic, Russian itself doesn't sound very nice! I mean it is in the middle of the list. Nicest sounding European languages: Romance languages: Italian > Romanian > Spanish > French > Slavic: East European languages (Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian) > Russian > Germanic: English > Swedish > German etc. Nicest sounding Middle Eastern/Central Asian languages: Persian/Farsi > Dari > Pashto > Hijazi Arabic > Turkic languages Nicest sounding Asian languages: Japanese > Korean > Malay/Indonesian > Tagalog > Sino-Tibetan (Chinese, Vietnamese, etc.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 20 of 26 23 April 2009 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think Russian sounds beautiful. I don't feel I can make a fair comment on Arabic because I haven't heard enough of it spoken in the everday sense. It seems the only time we hear Arabic in the UK media is when Al Quaeda release one of their videotapes... but I can imagine it sounding beautiful in other, less aggressive contexts!
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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6261 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 21 of 26 24 April 2009 at 1:40am | IP Logged | ||
Ha ha ha :) Actually, Arabic sounds very beautiful in such context! Edited by Hashimi on 24 April 2009 at 1:40am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5610 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 22 of 26 22 July 2009 at 11:33am | IP Logged | ||
In fact, Chinese (Mandarin) sounds rather different from Cantonese, and very very different from Tibetan, Vietnamese, & etc. Edited by Z.J.J on 22 July 2009 at 11:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5906 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 23 of 26 22 July 2009 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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oh dear Russian or Arabic, in terms of beauty, ... that's like asking me to chose between
my two hypothetical children... I just can't... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 24 of 26 23 July 2009 at 2:29am | IP Logged | ||
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I love the sound of both...
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