question about accents?

Question

You can use any 2 differing languages you choose. These are my examples

If a person from Germany moves to Mexico, and learns Spanish. It would be assumed there would be a German accent in speaking the Spanish language.

Would his dog have a German accent also?

Answer 1

im not sure about dogs, but i am very certain that:
dolphins, chimpansees and chickens do have their own languages and speak in dialects. infact i saw this article about dolphins with welsh dialects.

here are a few links. (i googled it, its not the same one, and i didnt read it fully)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2337628.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/26/dolphin_dialects/
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2007-05-24T164835Z_01_L24574384_RTRUKOC_0_US-DOLPHINS-ACCENTS.xml

i would assume that there is some dialect in the dogs 'speech' but as animal communication is much more about the emotion in the growls,barks and whines i think he could very well make himself heard.

p.s. animals would never speak with an accent, since that would involve teaching a dolphin to speak chicken (which is a bit unrealistic)

Answer 2

"Accents" are just ways that certain people pronounce sounds. As we age, our speech organs solidify in certain ways, just as our muscles change when we work out. The older you are, the harder it is to pronounce words in a second language. This is why young children who move to a different country learn to speak the second language without an "accent." Their muscles and other organs are more flexible. As for the dog, probably not. But it can learn to obey commands in Spanish!

Answer 3

A dog on TV doing rescue work could only take
commands in German`m afraid the German accent comands did not work.

Answer 4

Dogs respond to sounds, not language per se. A dog could be taught different tricks using different languages to begin with without a problem.

Answer 5

No,the dog will learn Spanish without any problem.