What's your favorite languages?

[Mattan]

I love all Scandinavian languages, but especially Norwegian and Finnish. I can't explain why, they're just

What exactly do Norwegian and Finnish have to do with each other? They're in separate language families.

 

[Banana238]

What exactly do Norwegian and Finnish have to do with each other? They're in separate language families.

I'm sorry, I meant Nordic languages

And I didn't even say they have something to do with each other.

 

[Mattan]

I'm sorry, I meant Nordic languages

And I didn't even say they have something to do with each other.

Actually, you did just that. You grouped Finnish together with Scandinavian languages (a subgroup of North Germanic languages) whereas it has nothing to do with them. Also, Nordic languages don't include Finnish either - the languages spoken in Nordic countries do, but the group of Nordic languages (North Germanic languages) doesn't - however, the Convention of Nordic Languages does include Finnish, as they're referring to languages spoken in Nordic countries. I'm just being really picky about this, but oh well, I was the one who started it. Sorry about that.

Just out of curiosity, what does Estonian sound like to you? I quite dislike how Finnish sounds, but really like Estonian - it just has a softer tone. Also, it appears to have quite many loan words from Germanic languages (because of a shared past) that have different words in Finnish.

 

[Banana238]

Actually, you did just that. You grouped Finnish together with Scandinavian languages (a subgroup of North Germanic languages) whereas it has nothing to do with them. Also, Nordic languages don't include Finnish either - the languages spoken in Nordic countries do, but the group of Nordic languages (North Germanic languages) doesn't - however, the Convention of Nordic Languages does include Finnish, as they're referring to languages spoken in Nordic countries. I'm just being really picky about this, but oh well, I was the one who started it. Sorry about that.

Just out of curiosity, what does Estonian sound like to you? I quite dislike how Finnish sounds, but really like Estonian - it just has a softer tone. Also, it appears to have quite many loan words from Germanic languages (because of a shared past) that have different words in Finnish.

Well, when I say Nordic languages, I refer to the languages spoken in Nordic countries. This may be incorrect on linguistic grounds. I know that Finnish isn't a Scandinavian language, and I can understand why you are picky about this. It's just that I write faster than I think. :?

I don't hear a very big difference between Estonian and Finnish, since I haven't heard much Estonian yet. The only Estonian I know are the ESC entries in this language I really like both languages, personally I think they both sound very soft Is it easy for Finnish people to understand Estonian, like it's easy for Norwegians to understand Swedish or Danish?

 

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[Mattan]

Is it easy for Finnish people to understand Estonian, like it's easy for Norwegians to understand Swedish or Danish?

Using a bit of imagination, you can read Estonian quite well if you only know Finnish (though especially the words that were created ex nihilo will be confusing). You could normally understand parts of spoken Estonian, but I usually get a bit annoyed listening to Estonian being spoken, since it sounds so similar to Finnish, yet I can't understand what is being said, even though I can pick up parts of it. Finnish and Estonian certainly aren't as close as the Scandinavian languages, but there are clear similarities.

 

[greece]

I prefer the exSoviet languages....my fave:






But I can speak:


And a bit:

 

[lilka]

My number 1 is (which I speak)!
I also love ,of which I know only some words but I love its sound.

 

[Odalis]

1. Estonian
2. Greek
3. Serbian (or croatian, or bosnian, or macedonian, or montenegrin, i ain't picky, i hear no difference )
4. Icelandic
5. Hebrew

 

[Pepe90]

1. Italian
2. Japanese
3. French
4. Portuguese
5. Persian

 

[manggaleh]

Russian (I Hear alot from artistics gymnastics)
Italian

 

[Fullerton]

Midwestern

Just kidding. Both French and Italian are beautiful languages. And Swedish/Norwegian sound really hot lol (not Danish, eww...)

I speak Spanish and English btw, and I'm not especially fond of them.

 

[lilka]

Midwestern

Just kidding. Both French and Italian are beautiful languages. And Swedish/Norwegian sound really hot lol (not Danish, eww...)

I speak Spanish and English btw, and I'm not especially fond of them.

Agree about Swedish!

I speak Spanish too, but I find it a bit overrated. Maybe it's because it has become excessively popular...

 

[Iuris]

Agree about Swedish!

I speak Spanish too, but I find it a bit overrated. Maybe it's because it has become excessively popular...

After that, I love Russian, Armenian, Hebrew, Albanian, Finnish, Basque or Euskera, and Spanish of course.

Moreover, I like Greek and French, but I prefer ^^

 

[lilka]

Wait, I've not said that I HATE Spanish and I have not offended you. I just find it boring that people are saying all the time that Spanish is "sooooo romantic and beautiful".

 

[Iuris]

^^^ I'm not offended. But I think it happens the same with French and Italian, and I love them. Especially French...

 

[lilka]

Oh yes, of course, it's the same situation with Italian and French, but mostly with Spanish. Anyway, I like all of them, I just find them a bit boring.

 

[ShoeFlo]

If men speak French, it sounds very gay.
No offense against gay people, but I personally prefer more masculine sounding languages. So I don't consider French as a beautiful langauge. In addition I don't even like written French... You never know how to pronounce. And then the grammatic and the irregular verbs puuuh okay but thats rather off-topic
Italian sounds very smooth, I like this
Spanish is full of passion imo
But my favorite language is Icelandic... it's magic, exotic and impressive.. Danish is very nice as well, a bit underrated

I can't judge about how German sounds, but I heard many people saying that German sounds kind of intelligent

 

[lilka]

To my ears German sounds harsh.

 

[Paddy]

But my favorite language is Icelandic... it's magic, exotic and impressive.. Danish is very nice as well, a bit underrated

I can't judge about how German sounds, but I heard many people saying that German sounds kind of intelligent

To be honest, I think Danish and Icelandic are the most awful languages I just don't like the sound of it...