http://www.englishforums.com/English/TopicOfTheMoment/Forum38.htmDiscussions on anything and everything, all while helping you learn English. (Just like being in a bar!) Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/2/kxrxh/Post.htm#930659Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:930659Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/2/kxrxh/Post.htm#930659http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-930659.xmlI guess, there is not such language in the world. Most people speak their native language fast and indistinctly. When we speak in our native language, we do not pay attention to pronunciation. In every country you can hear the question "what did you say?" Say again, please? "http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#924655Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:35:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924655coloraday1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#924655http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-924655.xmlThanks a lot.I got the point.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#913678Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:44:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:913678Kooyeen2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#913678http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-913678.xmlIf vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words." No, because "few vowels" means there are "few phonemes" to recognize, and that means the difference between each phoneme (call them "syllables" if you want) is smaller. That means you are less likely to mistake a syllable or a sound with another. As a stupid example, consider the western alpabet: abcdefghijklm... there are only 26 symbols for the letters. Now consider the Chinese writing system, where there are more than 4,000 symbols. Which is easier to read? That's why a language with less phonemes is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#913161Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:05:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:913161coloraday3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#913161http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-913161.xmlOh,I was almost sleeping when I wrote this last night and the diversion happened.I meant to say: If vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words."http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/2/kxrxh/Post.htm#912295Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:08:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:912295Mister Micawber4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/2/kxrxh/Post.htm#912295http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-912295.xmlNo, it has 5 (sometimes 6 or 7 - y, w) letters to represent some 14 to 16 vowel sounds.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912268Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:52:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:912268coloraday5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912268http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-912268.xmlso you have five vowels But English also has 5 vowels if I'm not mistaken.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912249Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:40:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:912249Mister Micawber6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912249http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-912249.xmlthe less vowels are in a language,the less hard it is to hear that language That's what Kooyeen and I have said, I think.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912197Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:47:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:912197coloraday7http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#912197http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-912197.xmlYou mean that it has a few vowels but I think the less vowels are in a language,the less hard it is to hear that language.Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words. What do you think? Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#906193Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:08:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:906193Kooyeen8http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#906193http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-906193.xmlI guess Italian. There are only seven vowels, and two of them are "allophonic" (so you have five vowels). Unlike English, there are no reduced forms: everything is pronounced the way it's written. So I think Italian, Spanish, and Japanese might be good examples (I trust MM, although I don't know Japanese and I heard that Italian is actually easier to pronounce and listen to than Spanish).http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#904312Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:904312Mister Micawber9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htm#904312http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-904312.xmlIt depends on the speaker, but some languages have a simpler array of sounds, and these, especially when they are vowel sounds, make the spoken language easier to comprehend. Spanish and Japanese are good examples of this, and are also good examples of the importance of the individual speakers: Japanese generally speak at more comprehensible speeds than do many Spanish speakers.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htmWed, 16 Sep 2009 12:45:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:904237coloraday10http://www.englishforums.com/English/Unenglish/kxrxh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-904237.xmlThis is not an English question but because visitors of this site are from a wide range of countries ,I ask it here.Which language has an easy listening?.I mean if you learned a good vocabulary and grammar of that language, you would recognise every word they say when you talk to them. Thanks