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Indeed there seem to be pitch differences between languages, and between regions of the same language. Don't know about kids, but here is some data for adults:
by froh 7y ago
Indeed there seem to be pitch differences between languages, and between regions of the same language. Don't know about kids, but here is some data for adults:
https://erikbern.com/2017/02/01 https://erikbern.com/2017/02/01
/language-pitch.html
- bonoboTP 7y agoInteresting link. As a Hungarian I can definitely confirm that foreign women's speech does seem overly high-pitched. Especially in English, but also in German to some degree. In a similar way as Americans in general come across as overly fakey-smiley positive, to me, subjectively, women's speech in English feels over-the-top. (Don't get offended, I'm just describing perceptions) To be more concrete, here's a random example of what sounds natural in Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm0DWhDk06s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm0DWhDk06s