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I read that German and Dutch are very gutteral and harsh languages, and that English is soft spoken. I think English will get alot of votes, but i am not sure, i don't know how non-english speakers hear English.
Well anyways that is it for me, i personally won't vote and will only read what other says.
I read that German and Dutch are very gutteral and harsh languages, and that English is soft spoken. I think English will get alot of votes, but i am not sure, i don't know how non-english speakers hear English.
Well anyways that is it for me, i personally won't vote and will only read what other says.
According to Spanish and French speakers I've asked this question to, English sounds harsh to their ears too. I'm not familiar with every language listed but IMO, I think most dialects of High German sound less harsh than most others.
English sounds softer than most Germanic languages, but quite monotonous. Don't really know. But I can say than Swedish/Norwegian/Icelandic/Faroese sound not as harsh as German.
I read that German and Dutch are very gutteral and harsh languages, and that English is soft spoken. I think English will get alot of votes, but i am not sure, i don't know how non-english speakers hear English.
Well anyways that is it for me, i personally won't vote and will only read what other says.
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.
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.
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.
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