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| miguelsantiago Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5680 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 1 of 7 27 May 2009 at 4:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Spanish or Portuguese? I would say Spanish can be Spoken faster.
And aside from those 2 languages, what would you say is the most fluid language? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anthox Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6000 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Portuguese, Polish, Russian | Message 2 of 7 27 May 2009 at 4:33am | IP Logged | ||
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I've been exposed extensively to both languages and I would definitely say that Spanish is syllabically 'smoother,' so I suppose it would be more fluid. Portuguese (I am thinking of the European variety) is heavy on nasalizations and more fricative-laced, which for me gives it a 'rougher' sound, though I wouldn't say its not fluid.
I remember when I first heard Portuguese spoken I was surprised it was even a Romance language, because it has sort of a Slavic tinge to it. I personally prefer the sounds of Portuguese to Spanish, though, probably for this reason. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Masked Avenger Triglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6134 days ago 145 posts - 151 votes  Speaks: English, French*, Danish Studies: Finnish, Latin | Message 3 of 7 27 May 2009 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Portuguese sounds better in songs.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 4 of 7 27 May 2009 at 8:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I like the sound of Galician, which has features of both languages.
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| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5923 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 5 of 7 28 May 2009 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Italian for me, though it could be any language, even English, depending on who's speaking it. Though out of those two probably Spanish. I find Portuguese a bit whiny after a while, though I don't mind it in cartoons. Edited by TheBiscuit on 28 May 2009 at 5:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pyroladgn Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5822 days ago 7 posts - 10 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: French, Portuguese | Message 6 of 7 31 May 2009 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
I didn't know what to make of Portuguese at first! My ears were hearing Spanish with some French-sounding nasalizations(?). Someone once pointed out to me that a Brazilian's and Russian's accent in English were similar (to their monolingual English ear), though I can definitely hear the "Slavic tinge" when my Brazilian friend speaks English (she's from Campinas, São Paulo). So I'd say Spanish is the most fluid due to little variation in vowel pronunciation. But Portuguese sounds more interesting to my Hispanic ear. ;) Edited by pyroladgn on 31 May 2009 at 6:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 7 of 7 31 May 2009 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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Spoken Peninsular Portuguese can be hard to follow if you have only learned Spanish (the written language is easier). I remember visiting Portugal in the 1990s and not being able to understand more than a few words, though I had done Spanish at school. Brazilian Portuguese is perhaps a little easier to follow.
The "Slavic" sound may be zh, which is fairly common in Portuguese (and French) but absent from Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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