Some people would say that Russian and German are ugly(not me btw) but I've just been to a language convention to hear some of the oddest languages spoken in remote parts of the world where hisses snarls, grumbles and mouth popping are actually parts of the words, or entire words in and of themselves. To me, this sounded disgusting and laughable and to them English sounded boring and devoid or an entire spectrum of what a language could possess.
2007-11-08 17:31:53 · 25 answers · asked by Yamaoha 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Vietnamese is a shocker, all the words are so short it sounds really staccato. Their longest word (only one of them!) has 7 letters and translates as 'wonky'!!!
2007-11-08 17:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by Cynical George 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
German isn't THAT ugly. I lived in the Rheinland-Phalz of Germany for 4 years, which is pretty close to the French border, and the younger people had lovely accents. It's probably the older German crowd we associate the language with...and yeah, older Germans have some nasty accents. But it's getting a lot softer and less harsh as a whole.
Chinese is a phucking wierd language to learn. I wouldn't call it ugly, but it's extremely strange. I tried learning a few phrases in Chinese, and I literally could not pronounce ONE word properly. It's just so ancient and foreign.
2007-11-08 17:54:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I know it's highly subjective, but here's my 2 cents..
To me I do not like English, because of the aversion of the Latin/Japanese clear vowels [a], [e], [i], [o] and [u], and the strange "r". The "th" sound in "thick" reminds me of the sound a cat makes when it's angry. The pronounciation in general has allways sounded "restrained" or "controlled" to me, in comparison to my native tongue, and more recently in comparison to all languages I know. Male speakers often sound feminine to me, while female speakers sound distanced. There is allways a penchant for understatement, as if in English one does not call something by it's proper name. Most synonyms in English are to control this feature. In my language differences in nuances of synonyms (to me) make more useful distinctions.
It sounds a bit like a cliché, but one the most beautiful languages to me is still French. I'd put Brazilian Portuguese right on top, and Italian is also up there. I also love Irish (Gaelic). And I love the expressiveness of German. If I buy anything with a multi-lingual manual, I allways love to read the German. And even though I've said a lot of things about English, I love the Scots variety of it, while Irish English also has it's charm.
You talk about popping sounds. I live in a country where 4 of the 11 official languages have clicking sounds (written in Zulu and Xhosa as q, c and x, depending on the exact sound). These actually sound very cool, not only to me (not a native speaker of these anyway) but to most overseas people. These languages got the sounds from an almost extinct people, the Bushman (or San, or Khoi, depending on the context), who almost exclusively use these sounds in their languages.
2007-11-08 18:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by kwaaikat 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I wouldn't say any language is 'Ugly'.I tried to learn Russian and it's quite a nice language really. The reason I stopped was that I found that it took me ages to read, like a 6 year old, which was rather embarrassing and the cases they have were also daunting.
Chinese sounds strange to me , you know the steryotypical
"Ting tong waa, song wang to,ying tang laa." I'm sure I'm doing the Chinese an injustice though and should learn more about the language before passing judgement.
2007-11-08 20:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Icelandic...It's like that language gives you the sniffles. Even so, it is an interesting language, and a beautiful written one.
Though I would probably say that equal to Icelandic in spoken ugliness is Chinese. I don't know why, but I just can't stand listening to peope speaking Chinese.
Though I agree that Russian and German are actually quite beautiful languages (when not spoken by genocidal maniacs), I do not agree that "Clicking" languages, as concentric to Africa, are disgusting nor laughable.
I think clicking languages are beautiful in their complexity, and quite nice to hear.
2007-11-08 18:24:45 · answer #5 · answered by Maitreya 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Vietnamese
2007-11-08 17:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by ♥NíKKí ♥ ♥GíRL♥ ™ 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
easy answer, basically substitute to a diverse radio station or substitute channel on television. there isn't something rather which you're able to do approximately it. you are able to curse them if that makes you experience greater suitable or you are able to vent your frustrations here. i'm going to sympathize with you.
2016-09-28 21:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by wrights 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally i'd say it's english. Because english has become a language not owning to england but to a vast community and it has been mistreated and now sounds bastardised .
2007-11-08 23:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by Cymro i'r Carn 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Probably the Basque language, mostly consonants so a LOT of spitting involved.
2007-11-08 18:14:06 · answer #9 · answered by JA12 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be a tie between Korean and French.
2007-11-09 11:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋