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What do you think Esperanto sounds like?

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SuperMarc92 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 24 Kigarama 2008 03:59:59

The word estas really makes esperanto look like spanish.

Polaris (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Kigarama 2008 06:59:03

I always tell people that it sounds sort of like Italian with a Slavic flavor to it.

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Kigarama 2008 07:11:05

Polaris:I always tell people that it sounds sort of like Italian with a Slavic flavor to it.
Have you heard spoken Romanian before? That fits the description, but it definitely sounds different to Esperanto, probably because it has a grammatical system that is reminiscent of Latin and the Slavic languages (which in turn had a similar grammar system to Latin to begin with). And those grammatical systems generally effect the spoken rhythm IMHO.

69UM24OSU12 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 30 Kigarama 2008 04:32:59

To me, the vowel endings on so many of the words plus the consistent stress on the next-to-last syllable give it more the sound and rhythm of a romance language than any of the other choices above

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