Most annoying sounding language (2015, how far, rural)

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Neuling

Basque has a number of Spanish loan words, which might suggest a similarity to Spanish when you hear it spoken, but beyond that Basque is a completely different language. It is not related to Spanish or any other language, unlike Russian or Hindi or Farsi, which are related to Spanish, all being Indo-European languages.

Yes, my daughter, a linguist, visited San Sebastian last year. She was fascinated by Basque.

It is likely a remnant of one of the original languages of the area before the Romans and other Indo-European language speakers came along.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Probably Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese, plus the English dialects from New York and Boston.

Nigerian English sounds sunny but not annoying. Some Caribbean English dialects can be annoying.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by settled00

worst: any of the many Indian language dialects. It sounds so chaotic and frenetic. How do they even sleep being so wound up?

Arabic sounds the most chaotic and frantic! Vietnamese too though Vietnamese accents in English can sound funny, and many names in Vietnamese translate poorly in English like Bich, Phuc, Phat, you get the gist. There really is a Vietnamese person I've met whose name is "Dat Ho". Technically there can be a Vietnamese named "Phat Bich" or "Dat Bich".

[Milky Way Resident]

Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70

Arabic sounds the most chaotic and frantic! Vietnamese too though Vietnamese accents in English can sound funny, and many names in Vietnamese translate poorly in English like Bich, Phuc, Phat, you get the gist. There really is a Vietnamese person I've met whose name is "Dat Ho". Technically there can be a Vietnamese named "Phat Bich" or "Dat Bich".

I once had a Uber Eats driver bring food over to my place. Her name was Pornkrat or something along those lines.

[irish_bob]

i like the sound of arabic

russian too

dont like portugeese

chineese is the worst

[euro123]

^ I'm exactly the opposite with small correction I'd still put Korean and definitely Japanese over Chinese.



Russian and Ukrainian are my least favorites on par with French. The best sounding slavic language is bulgarian with the proper macedonian "accent".

[saibot]

Originally Posted by Milky Way Resident

I once had a Uber Eats driver bring food over to my place. Her name was Pornkrat or something along those lines.

That sounds like a Thai name.

[Sylvain78]

Favorite is english, italian hebrew, portuguese, south america spanish

Worst I'd say Hindi,arabic followed by russian, vietnamese, thai

[meekawal]

Originally Posted by jeffpv

Valley Girl English (and, no, I'm not kidding).

I agree. I also find NYC English annoying.

[2nd trick op]

Bottom of the barrel: Hindi and French -- because they make heavy use of inflection, and can be used to convey an entirely different (and sometimes derogatory) message to a speaker about someone who's "not in the loop.