Nice sounding natlangs

[Davoush]

As for Chinese, I've got a friend who speaks Mandarin fluently. According to him I'm actually pretty good at pronouncing it, although nobody who starts learning it over the age of 2 can talk in it without an accent. I think it's just fun to wrangle your way around tones. As for Cantonese, I'm unfamiliar but from what I heard I think I prefer Mandarin. That's not to say Cantonese is bad-sounding at all, of course. Mandarin just has a better flow.

Lots of people have achieved near-native accents in Chinese after the age of 2, just look at people like Dashan (a Canadian guy) who only started learning it when he was in his early twenties I believe and can more or less pass as a native. Also Chinese people whose first language isn't Mandarin. I've also been mistaken for a native over the phone, and I didn't begin learning till I was about 14.

[Lyra]

motherfucking Central Atlas Tamazight !

I mean, just go to youtube and search "Idir". It's like Klingon and Quenya had a lovechild

I like it, I had many friend's from there in Spain.

~Lyra

[Astraios]

motherfucking Central Atlas Tamazight !

I mean, just go to youtube and search "Idir". It's like Klingon and Quenya had a lovechild

Also go look for Saghru Band.

[Torco]

Saghru Band.

will google upon arrival home

[Jashan]

Languages I Heart to Hear

Dutch (Flemish)
Irish Gaelic
Old English

(Apparently I have an areal thing going on.)

Languages I Hate to Hear

Mexican Spanish
German
Dutch (Hollands)

[Torco]

por qué no te gusta el mexicano, wey ? esta super chido, nada gacho, mi carnal.

[Lyra]

por qué no te gusta el mexicano, wey ? esta super chido, nada gacho, mi carnal.

I prefer it to the dribble young people speak in Spain nowadays... *shudder*
Canis... yeah... horrible generation....

~Lyra

[Jashan]

I specified Mexican Spanish because it's the only variant of Spanish that I've heard (being that I live in the southern US). I don't know if Castillian Spanish sounds remotely similar. But in any case, Spanish (that is, Mexican Spanish), sounds like rapid-fire chihuahuas hyped up on too much espresso.

[Torco]

I specified Mexican Spanish because it's the only variant of Spanish that I've heard (being that I live in the southern US). I don't know if Castillian Spanish sounds remotely similar. But in any case, Spanish (that is, Mexican Spanish), sounds like rapid-fire chihuahuas hyped up on too much espresso.

*chuckles*

I prefer it to the dribble young people speak in Spain nowadays... *shudder*
Canis... yeah... horrible generation....
~Lyra

dafuq's a cani... I see references to this stereotype everywhere in spanish media... well, spanish internet media, anyway. it's like a guy from jersey shore with some poor thrown in for good measure?

also, aren't you like 16 ? xD "young people these days"

[Davoush]

I thought canis were the Spanish version of chavs...

[Lyra]

I specified Mexican Spanish because it's the only variant of Spanish that I've heard (being that I live in the southern US). I don't know if Castillian Spanish sounds remotely similar. But in any case, Spanish (that is, Mexican Spanish), sounds like rapid-fire chihuahuas hyped up on too much espresso.

*chuckles*

I prefer it to the dribble young people speak in Spain nowadays... *shudder*
Canis... yeah... horrible generation....
~Lyra

dafuq's a cani... I see references to this stereotype everywhere in spanish media... well, spanish internet media, anyway. it's like a guy from jersey shore with some poor thrown in for good measure?

also, aren't you like 16 ? xD "young people these days"

Turns out all the people my age like to speak Spanish like some morbidly drunk Andalusian with a bad case of pulmonary disease. Yeah... basically Jersey Shore con todo el machismo Iberico.... por que camino anda al pais?
Thank god I lived in a predominantly Catalan area, cuz I can;t stand the oral horror. In catalan, the worst you can do is sound like a crazy farmer...

~Lyra

[Torco]

ehpaña va biem !!

[Lyra]

de puta mahdre tio, ehke nuca ido mejo la cosa! Ta tohol mundo aji dijendo jilipollaha!

~Lyra

[Izambri]

Thank god I lived in a predominantly Catalan area, cuz I can;t stand the oral horror. In catalan, the worst you can do is sound like a crazy farmer...

~Lyra

Ohohohohohoh, wait, wait, noi. There's something worse.

To speak xava.

[Lyra]

Thank god I lived in a predominantly Catalan area, cuz I can;t stand the oral horror. In catalan, the worst you can do is sound like a crazy farmer...

~Lyra

Ohohohohohoh, wait, wait, noi. There's something worse.

To speak xava.

xava? Me sona pero no ne sentit pas d'aixo pel sud...
De que va?

~Lyra

[Izambri]

Thank god I lived in a predominantly Catalan area, cuz I can;t stand the oral horror. In catalan, the worst you can do is sound like a crazy farmer...

~Lyra

Ohohohohohoh, wait, wait, noi. There's something worse.

To speak xava.

xava? Me sona pero no ne sentit pas d'aixo pel sud...
De que va?

~Lyra

Això.

[Lyra]

Ahhhh! Nooooooo!
As hurribla!

~Lyra

[Izambri]

Ahhhh! Nooooooo!
As hurribla!

~Lyra

Ahahahaha. Sabia ca ta faria por. As ca'l txava és raru-raru, eh? Par sort yo no'l sentu molt.

[Lyra]

Ahhhh! Nooooooo!
As hurribla!

~Lyra

Ahahahaha. Sabia ca ta faria por. As ca'l txava és raru-raru, eh? Par sort yo no'l sentu molt.

Aska las parsones dal sud pansen ka tots als dal nord parlen aixins, i ka tots som uns putus capullus xD

~Lyra

[Jipí]

Je devrais apprendre l'espagnol un jour aussi …
Eines Tages sollte ich auch Spanisch lernen …

[Shihali]

Yo aprendí un poco del castellano en el colegio, y no entiendo ni una palabra de lo que escribieron Lyra y Izambri.

[Izambri]

Yo aprendí un poco del castellano en el colegio, y no entiendo ni una palabra de lo que escribieron Lyra y Izambri.

Obviously. Because that's not Castilian, nor any other Spanish dialect. XD

[Kezdő]

As for Chinese, I've got a friend who speaks Mandarin fluently. According to him I'm actually pretty good at pronouncing it, although nobody who starts learning it over the age of 2 can talk in it without an accent. I think it's just fun to wrangle your way around tones. As for Cantonese, I'm unfamiliar but from what I heard I think I prefer Mandarin. That's not to say Cantonese is bad-sounding at all, of course. Mandarin just has a better flow.

Lots of people have achieved near-native accents in Chinese after the age of 2, just look at people like Dashan (a Canadian guy) who only started learning it when he was in his early twenties I believe and can more or less pass as a native. Also Chinese people whose first language isn't Mandarin. I've also been mistaken for a native over the phone, and I didn't begin learning till I was about 14.

Well, I wasn't the one who said it.

3) Akkadian: Okay, I'm really cheating on this one. I actually love speaking it; it's just that I feel like an evil overlord every time I do!

How does it sound? I can't find any recordings on Youtube

Here you go!

motherfucking Central Atlas Tamazight !

I mean, just go to youtube and search "Idir". It's like Klingon and Quenya had a lovechild

Well, thanks for introducing me to their beautifully unique music for one thing. For another, so far they don't sound all that harsh; more like a sleepy guy singing a French-Arabic combination. "Mehm benyeggit meshmshmmehh, ooooh yesdesretsand, suburu best sann, yehmmehmyem..."

Gee, we sure are talking a lot about Catalonia and such nowadays, aren't we?

[Jipí]

Obviously. Because that's not Castilian, nor any other Spanish dialect. XD

Je sais que cela n'était pas espagnol, mais je crois qu'il y ressemblait assez pour le comprendre, peut-être aussi par l'aide des autres langues romanes. Au moins, si on fait l'effort de discerner les mots apparentés.

[Rainar]

Lately I've been finding Russian rather beautiful phonetically, especially after listening to some Arkona.