Which Asian language sounds the best in your POV？ (places, culture, cons)

[the troubadour]

Without a doubt Malay. Lovely language, with a certain ease for beginners, especially those grammatically challenged. It does get harder once one advances though.


I can't think of another language within Asia, apart from its stable mate Indonesian that sounds pleasant to the ear. (and fun to learn) I guess Tagalog would come in next and possibly Japanese (a complete other kettle of fish) following up.

[Bettafish]

That Mandarin in the audio has a strong southern accent. Nothing wrong with it but you won't hear that in news from mainland China.

This is TV news from China Central Television, with the "standard mainland accent".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnidkluFRk

[nimday]

I think Indian sounds sexy.

[madrone2k]

There are many more people here who have more direct experience than me. But, despite that ... my impression is that it depends a lot on the speaker. For instance, I have heard Mandarin spoken in a very harsh fashion (e.g., from politicians or news anchors) but have also heard it spoken in a very mild and beautiful way by others. I think that difference can also be observed by listening to speakers of other languages, depending on the context and other things. Sometimes, educational level, but not just that, perhaps also the speaker's desire to elicit a certain kind of emotional response.

As a native English speaker (American), I can recognize the same things: harsh-sounding guttural speech versus the kind that elicits thought and contemplation.

[Prakash111]

I Think Hindi and mix up their bhojapuri sound best for me.

[neMarL]

For me it's gonna be any of these 3.
-Japanese,Korean,Filipino

[manolopo]

Tagalog sounds nice in songs without any English loanwords



It’s one of the flowiest languages in Asia. There are other languages in the Philippines that arent flowy at all, like Cebuano

[Javawood]

Korean sounds better in pop videos to me, but I prefer Japanese. "daisukiyo" sounds so much better than "I love you" during a romantic date haha!

[tangelag]

I think Korean is beautiful sounding in song. I used to be very biased toward Spanish as the most beautiful language period. Now not so much ...



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNmRJCkwQs

[madrone2k]

This reminds me of a joke told to me by a friend who loved studying German when we were both teenagers. It concerns a discussion between native speakers of different languages on this topic, using the English word "butterfly" as an example. The Spaniard suggests that "mariposa" is most beautiful. The French person, papillon. The Chinese suggests húdié. The Japanese, batafurai. Finally, the German says in frustration, "und vas is wrong mit Schmetterling?"