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| will72694 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5485 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 41 of 43 15 April 2009 at 9:37pm | IP Logged |
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Do you believe that some languages are harder to pronounce than others for certain languages groups? For
example: a Mexican, an Indian, and a Chinese man all learn English. Will it be easier for the Mexican to speak English with an accent equal to six or seven on your scale than it would for the Chinese man or Indian man, and vice versa. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kevin_zhong Newbie United States Joined 5526 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 42 of 43 17 April 2009 at 5:14am | IP Logged |
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will72694,
In regards to the specific example I do not know. However, it is to my judgment that because Spanish is my native tongue, I feel my pronunciation of Chinese is a lot easier. I feel that if English were my native tongue, it would be much harder. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| pyroladgn Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5603 days ago 7 posts - 10 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Studies: French, Portuguese | Message 43 of 43 15 May 2009 at 6:14am | IP Logged |
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I second kevin_zhong. Being a native English speaker but having been raised in a primarily Hispanic-populated part of town alongside certain family members who either speak only Spanish (my grandparents) or speak very thickly accented English (my Mexican uncles), I can attest that when I started learning foreign languages I almost always pronounced them from a Spanish speaker's perspective.
e.g. I've been told by a French exchange student several years ago that my French had a Spanish accent. Also, I've been told by a Brazilian classmate that my Brazilian Portuguese had more of a Spanish accent than an English one. I think this has more to do with my perception that Spanish vowel sounds are more "universal" in that (I presume) they are reproduced more closely in other languages (Russian, Japanese, whatever) than the typical English vowel pronunciations. Correct me if I'm wrong or misguided ;) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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