Most beautiful (and ugliest) language you have heard

[Anonymous]

What’s your favorite, and least favorite, language you’ve heard spoken? Just by the way it sounds to you, whether or not you actually speak it or understand it.

My favorite is Lithuanian, the language of my grandmother. Apparently it’s all very old language and hasn’t changed much since the original dialect, and it sounds ancient plus a little bit drunk.

Least favorite is Dutch or Cantonese.

[Anonymous]

Italian is most beautiful to my ears. It is a musical language.

I actually love the sound of Dutch. The vowels especially.

Can’t think of any language that is “ugly”. They are all fascinating.

[Anonymous]

The ugliest language is German. Always German. All I can hear is Hitler when I’m around it.

[Anonymous]

Languages are ugly or beautiful based on your understanding of it so it's really a reflection of your ignorance

[Anonymous]

I dislike the sound of Vietnamese even more than German.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Languages are ugly or beautiful based on your understanding of it so it's really a reflection of your ignorance

Meh. Some languages are definitely harsher. Some dialects are awful to understand and are hard on the vocal cords. The speakers are used to the harshness of their language so they don't notice. But there's nothing ignorant about pointing this out.

[Anonymous]

I love the sound of Cantonese. It's like the Italian of East Asian languages, so expressive.

I don't find any language ugly sounding, but German is definitely harsh on the ear.

[Anonymous]

Pug Latin. Woof.

[Anonymous]

I don’t love Afrikaans, which my grandmother used to speak. Nor Arabic and Hebrew, with their very guttural sounds. Irish is nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the sound of Vietnamese even more than German.

+1

It is a tough language to listen to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the sound of Vietnamese even more than German.

+1

It is a tough language to listen to.

I have to agree with this. The change in tones and unexpected inflections stimulates your brain- not in a good way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Italian is most beautiful to my ears. It is a musical language.

I actually love the sound of Dutch. The vowels especially.

Can’t think of any language that is “ugly”. They are all fascinating.

Bedankt! (Dutch speaker here)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the sound of Cantonese. It's like the Italian of East Asian languages, so expressive.

I don't find any language ugly sounding, but German is definitely harsh on the ear.

Agree with all this.

[Anonymous]

French or Mandarin as the most beautiful.
German and Dutch sound harsh to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the sound of Vietnamese even more than German.

+1

It is a tough language to listen to.

Agree with Vietnamese. It sounds like all vowels.