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I speak two languages fluently: English and Russian with English being my mother tongue. I find when people speak a language other than their mother tongue, th
by british_india 10y ago
I speak two languages fluently: English and Russian with English being my mother tongue.
I find when people speak a language other than their mother tongue, their voice is higher from the concentration it takes to make the second language. Also, I do agree--when you speak a language your personality is affected by the culture of the language you're speaking. One personality for English, another for Russian--in my case.
- lacampbell 10y ago> I find when people speak a language other than their mother tongue, their voice is higher from the concentration it takes to make the second language. Huh! I've wondered about this. I'm male, and my voice is much higher when speaking my girlfriends language - who unsurprisingly has a higher pitched voice than me. I figured it was just because I mimic her to pronounce things, but that actually makes sense as well.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoI find this funny. I've been told my voice sounds nice when I speak Norwegian, despite the errors (I don't think I'm fluent yet). I always somewhat assumed it was due to Norwegian being nearly song-like compared to English, but you might be onto something with the higher pitch.