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    Ja mata, TosaInu Forum Administrator edyzmedieval's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dâriûsh
    I like Arabic too, though regarding morning prayer, sometimes I wouldn’t mind pushing the man out of his little tower (). Singing in Arabic however, or reading poetry, that’s amazing. Even if my Arabic skill are somewhat lacking.

    Speaking of lacking… my mother tongue, I don’t really speak it with my Iranian friends, nor my family, I’m afraid I’ll lose it. And that would be unbearable, because Fârsi is a great language, especially for poetry, ey Irân ey marze por gohar, ey khâkat sar chešmehye honar, dur az to andišehye badân, pâyandehe mâni to jâvedân… and there is nothing more beautiful than Iranian names.

    For western languages, I like Spanish and French. Women speaking Spanish is almost as much a turn-on as women speaking Fârsi.
    Really awesome language. Can you teach me?!

    I have a weakness for Arabic and Oriental languages. They are beautiful, though my parents say I'm weird.
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    Well I trully, really adore the sound of ancient hellenic. Not just cause im Hellenas (yes i admit it plays a big part) but also for the clarity of the words the musicality of it. Especially the Homeric age dialect. Reading Iliad from the prototype its just music to my ears. The sound of those compact words that need 3 or 4 words in other languages to be translated is magical. Ok enough with my delirioum . I also like Italian very much and especially from south Italy. Its like singing while talking. Im also fond of Russian. I have several friends in east Ukraine and i found it quite easy to learn enough on the small periods i was there.

    I ve heard few times Welsh and gaelic and i really think that they sound great. I find for some strange reason that they make me feel the same way like when i hear archaic greek. I know there is not much relation but acoustically they sound distand but familiar the same time.

    About German Dutch ( i ve listen too much) and things like that sorry to the fellow patrons but they sound to me like tearing papers or chewing them.

    Norwegian and scandinavian in general sound to me like tape being played backwards

    About Arabic it depends from the speaker. I tend to like those with a bit french accent.

    The most antiaesthetic language to my ears is Hebrew. Sounds like spitting each other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Idomeneas
    Norwegian and scandinavian in general sound to me like tape being played backwards.
    Have you heard Norwegian in song? I rather like it.

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    Norwegian is so similar to danish and swedish, that I'd be surprised if an outside can tell the difference.

    I like to hear dutch, it's so crude - yet so different and melodic
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