Does Greek sound like European Spanish?.
Hi, the link you posted is American Spanish. I want you to compare Greek with European Spanish because both have TH and jota sound. American Spanish lacks these sounds.
this is a song in European Spanish for comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQhDZG4__ko
this is a song in European Spanish for comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQhDZG4__ko
Yes , I think the phonetic system is very similar even the 'rolled' 'r' but the foreground is very different. For instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-D-RxqLlg&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-D-RxqLlg&feature=fvst
Spanish jota is similar to Dutch g, throaty and spitting sound. Not very polite at all.
Mexican spanish has the jota and the voiced th sound. as in thy, not thigh.
Greek and European Spanish do, it's because they have similar consonant inventories.
Not only consonants but vowels are the same indeed. I noticed that Greek uses certain consonant clusters like "ks" that are not very used in Spanish.
the phonetic system in both languages is almost the same!
B and V sounds
C+e/i as in TH (think)
D as in TH (that)
G (softened)
J (xota)
K/C (softened)
S (palatalized)
B and V sounds
C+e/i as in TH (think)
D as in TH (that)
G (softened)
J (xota)
K/C (softened)
S (palatalized)
Arabic has some similarities with the twirling r / rr, as the aspirant th and even a sibilant s to an extent. Spanish and Greek indeed sound related, however, they are further from eachother as Arabic is to the two aforementioned. I do suppose it would make it easier for any speaker of the three mentioned to learn the other language as the have a similar enunciation and some derived words from the other.
Suffice to say, to answer the initial question: European-Spanish does sound Greek-like as does Greek to European-Spanish.
Suffice to say, to answer the initial question: European-Spanish does sound Greek-like as does Greek to European-Spanish.
I met a Greek guy in Spain to whom I asked this very question. He said that from a distance (enough so as not to hear actual words), he always thought he heard Greek when it was in fact Spanish being spoken. And yes, the phonology of Greek and European Spanish is very similar.
J'ai la sensation qu'il y a beaucoup qu'en espagnol les voyelles 'o' et 'a' sont dominantes, alors qu'en grec c'est 'i' (comme en italien). Cela fait un paysage sonore assez différent.