Do you agree that Russian is the language with the least homophones? Well, there might be some obscure languages with less, but Russian is the major one with the least.
language with least homophones
Russian: I do not know, my level of expertise is quite low in Slavic languages.
As for those I know, Italian and Spanish carefully avoid homophones (I cannot think of any *), while French and English have plenty of them.
No clue about what conclusion can be drawn.
* oh yes, here's one: It. "sei" = (you) "are" and "six".
As for those I know, Italian and Spanish carefully avoid homophones (I cannot think of any *), while French and English have plenty of them.
No clue about what conclusion can be drawn.
* oh yes, here's one: It. "sei" = (you) "are" and "six".
A few homophones in Spanish: baso-vaso, callado-cayado , vaca-baca, ve-be, oí-hoy, he-e, ha-a, vis-bis.
PARISIEN I'm sorry but according to your posts your general level of expertise in languages is very low...
<<oí-hoy>>
Oí and Hoy do not sound the same, the first one has the entonation in the last vowel ( í ), and the second one is pronounce in just one sound.
Oí and Hoy do not sound the same, the first one has the entonation in the last vowel ( í ), and the second one is pronounce in just one sound.
<< PARISIEN I'm sorry but according to your posts your general level of expertise in languages is very low... >>
-- Prove your point, unless you want to prove you are a cunt.
Thanks.
-- Prove your point, unless you want to prove you are a cunt.
Thanks.
As has been discussed at length since the Sarkozy slip last year, 'con' and 'cunt' are completely different insults in French and English.
Russian homophones:
нравится, нравиться - nravit'sya, nravitsya
код, кот - kod, kot
нравится, нравиться - nravit'sya, nravitsya
код, кот - kod, kot
Italian homophones
dà/da - a/ha né/ne fa/fa are homophones
c'è /ce tè/te ho/o è/e pèsca/pésca bòtte/botte are NOt homophones because the e and o may be open or closed
dà/da - a/ha né/ne fa/fa are homophones
c'è /ce tè/te ho/o è/e pèsca/pésca bòtte/botte are NOt homophones because the e and o may be open or closed
pain - pains -peint - peints - pin - pins - peins
saint coeur - saints coeurs - cinq heures
sein - seins - saint - saints - ceint - ceints - seing - seings - sain - sains
hareng - harengs - à rang - à rangs
ai - aie - aies - ait - aient - es - est - ais - haie - haies
au - aux - eau - eaux - haut - hauts
c'est - s'est - sait - sais - saie - saies
car - cars - quart - quarts
cent - cents - s'en - sang - sangs - sens - sent - c'en - sans
compte - comptes - conte - contes - comte - comtes
con - cons - qu'on
cour - cours - court - courts
su - sus - sue - sues
... + many, many, MANY more. French is the homophone champion.
saint coeur - saints coeurs - cinq heures
sein - seins - saint - saints - ceint - ceints - seing - seings - sain - sains
hareng - harengs - à rang - à rangs
ai - aie - aies - ait - aient - es - est - ais - haie - haies
au - aux - eau - eaux - haut - hauts
c'est - s'est - sait - sais - saie - saies
car - cars - quart - quarts
cent - cents - s'en - sang - sangs - sens - sent - c'en - sans
compte - comptes - conte - contes - comte - comtes
con - cons - qu'on
cour - cours - court - courts
su - sus - sue - sues
... + many, many, MANY more. French is the homophone champion.
It's very common in Hebrew:
al (על) (on) - al (אל) (like don't)
ken (כן) (yes) - ken (קן) (nest)
lo (לא) (no) - lo (לו) (to him)
kol (כול) (every) - kol (קול) (voice)
davar (דבר) (something) - davar (דוור) (postman)
af (אף) (nose) - af (עף) (fly)
az (עז) (strong) - az (אז) (then)
ki (כי) (because) - ki (קיא) (spew)
iti (איטי) (slow) - iti (איתי) (with me)
lakh (לך) (to you) - lakh (לח) (humid)
zara (זרה) (foreigner (female)) - zara (זרע) (sow)
raza (רזה) (skinny woman) - raza (רזה) (he became thinner)
tas (טס) (fly) - tas (טס) (tray)
dama (דמה) (her blood) - dama (דמע) (he shed tears)
sav (סב) (grandfather) - sav (סב) (he turned around)
yara (ירא) (he feared) - yara (ירה) (he shot)
lama (למה) (why) - lama (למה) (llama)
kal (קל) (easy) - kal (קל) (light)
sam (שם) (he put) - sam (סם) (drug)
sar (שר) (minister) - sar (סר) (he turned aside)
et (עט) (pen) - et (את) (shovel)
im (אם) (if) - im (עם) (with)
al (על) (on) - al (אל) (like don't)
ken (כן) (yes) - ken (קן) (nest)
lo (לא) (no) - lo (לו) (to him)
kol (כול) (every) - kol (קול) (voice)
davar (דבר) (something) - davar (דוור) (postman)
af (אף) (nose) - af (עף) (fly)
az (עז) (strong) - az (אז) (then)
ki (כי) (because) - ki (קיא) (spew)
iti (איטי) (slow) - iti (איתי) (with me)
lakh (לך) (to you) - lakh (לח) (humid)
zara (זרה) (foreigner (female)) - zara (זרע) (sow)
raza (רזה) (skinny woman) - raza (רזה) (he became thinner)
tas (טס) (fly) - tas (טס) (tray)
dama (דמה) (her blood) - dama (דמע) (he shed tears)
sav (סב) (grandfather) - sav (סב) (he turned around)
yara (ירא) (he feared) - yara (ירה) (he shot)
lama (למה) (why) - lama (למה) (llama)
kal (קל) (easy) - kal (קל) (light)
sam (שם) (he put) - sam (סם) (drug)
sar (שר) (minister) - sar (סר) (he turned aside)
et (עט) (pen) - et (את) (shovel)
im (אם) (if) - im (עם) (with)
It's true that French si probably the language with the most homophones, a lot of the times you know what the other person is saying based on the context.