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Langfocus: Why Does Greek Sound Like Spanish?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPMqoHPJzac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPMqoHPJzac
by bmn__ 5y ago
Langfocus: Why Does Greek Sound Like Spanish?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPMqoHPJzac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPMqoHPJzac
- xyzzy21 5y agoHe also has one about Portuguese vs. Russian/Polish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik2R46xobA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik2R46xobA And extreme syllable-timed language family (opposite of these) are languages Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian. EVERY syllable is pronounced and it becomes a mouthful but there's a strict cadence that comes from it. Foreign words break it a bit but native words are "ma-ka-ba-la-bu-sa-ng-ah-ga-ta-na..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6BtThH53PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6BtThH53PQ