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View Poll Results: What are the most beautiul sounding Germac languages?
Danish 4 4.40%
Dutch 7 7.69%
English 38 41.76%
Faroese 0 0%
Frisian 1 1.10%
German 21 23.08%
Icelandic 13 14.29%
Norwegian 16 17.58%
Scots 3 3.30%
Swedish 29 31.87%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-15-2013, 04:07 PM
 
Location: The Netherlands
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Modern Greek language and southern Russian dialects have the same "G" pronuciation as standard Dutch. Ukrainian have a bit different, but similiar sound, which usually is usually transcripted as H.
The "G" in standard Dutch sounds more like the Arabic "H" in Ahmed. I believe the Greek and Ukrainian sound is softer, like the Spanish "J" in Alejandro (which is also how the G is pronounced in the Southern Netherlands and Flanders).

Dutch doesn't have the "G" sound that all other Germanic languages have, as in the English "go" or the German "gut".
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Old 08-15-2013, 04:07 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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It depends, Dutch doesn't have that harsh "G" sound in the Southern Netherlands and Flanders. But it's an ugly language anyway, at least when it's spoken.
That harsh G sound makes Arabic speakers cringe.
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Old 08-15-2013, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
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The "G" in standard Dutch sounds more like the Arabic "H" in Ahmed. I believe the Greek and Ukrainian sound is softer, like the Spanish "J" in Alejandro (which is also how the G is pronounced in the Southern Netherlands and Flanders).

Dutch doesn't have the "G" sound that all other Germanic languages have, as in the English "go" or the German "gut".
Spanish sound J is the same as Russian/Ukrainian Х (transcribed kh) or modern Greek Χ (transcribed ch), or German ch. Greek/Dutch/Southern Russian g is voiced variant of this sound, while the Ukrainian sound is voiced variant of English h (so it's transcribed as h). If you don't believe, here are the links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek_phonology

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Old 08-15-2013, 06:11 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Spanish sound J is the same as Russian/Ukrainian Х (transcribed kh) or modern Greek Χ (transcribed ch), or German ch. Greek/Dutch/Southern Russian g is voiced variant of this sound, while the Ukrainian sound is voiced variant of English h (so it's transcribed as h). If you don't believe, here are the links:
Russian phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ukrainian phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spanish phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
German phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dutch phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern Greek phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mexican J sounds like the English H. The G before I or E sounds guttural.
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Old 08-16-2013, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Have a hard time choosing between Dutch and Danish...

"HRACHTCHAHHRARTGHIJ" Sorry, it wasn't anything in my throat, that was my attempt to speak Dutch.

Swedish is ok if it's the Finnish accent, the Swedish pronunciation is just too soft. So my vote goes for English. But not the Scottish accent.
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Old 08-16-2013, 10:25 AM
 
Location: The Netherlands
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Have a hard time choosing between Dutch and Danish...

"HRACHTCHAHHRARTGHIJ" Sorry, it wasn't anything in my throat, that was my attempt to speak Dutch.


Dutch has to be the ugliest language of all time. Maybe that's why Dutch people are so eager to learn other languages
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Old 08-16-2013, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Not sure, but the least beautiful sounding is probably a toss-up between Dutch and German. Sorry, Linda.

I like Swedish myself.
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Old 08-16-2013, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Centennial, CO
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I voted for Swedish, but English as spoken by higher class Brits would be a close second. A woman with a nice British accent sounds uber sexy.
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Old 08-16-2013, 11:18 AM
 
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Germanic languages don't sound good in general, apart from Icelandic
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Old 08-16-2013, 12:20 PM
 
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Swedish is too bouncy-bouncy for my liking.

Norwegian seems to impress me the most, especially when sung:

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