Does Portuguese sound like German?

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Why do Brazilians sound German?

According to Ethnologue, ca. 3 million people in Brazil speak the Hunsrik Language, 1.5 million speak Standard German. They tended to preserve their language longer than the speakers of Italian, which is closer to Portuguese. Consequently, German was the second most common family language in Brazil at the 1940 census.

Why is Portuguese spoken in Brazil?

The reason Brazilians speak Portuguese is because Brazil was colonized by Portugal, but the history is a bit more complex. In the 15th century, Spain and Portugal were the “big guns.” Columbus had discovered America for Spain, while Portugal was advancing along the African coast.

Does Portuguese sound like Russian?

European Portuguese and Russian are stress-timed languages and their rhythms sound similar. The fact that Portuguese uses the sound “sh” a lot also contributes to the similarity to Russian. In fact, most Slavic languages are stress-timed and this is the main reason why European Portuguese sounds like a Slavic language.

What are the languages that sound closest to Portuguese?

Personally, I think the languages that sound closest to Portuguese, at least to my own Brazilian Portuguese, are Occitan and North Italian (Gallo-Romance) languages, including Catalan. But among those that I have heard I think the ones that sounded the most familiar to me were Ligurian and Piedmontese.

Is Brazilian Portuguese more musical than other Portuguese languages?

A lot of people find the sound of Brazilian Portuguese to be more musical than European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese has a lot of open vowels and it’s actually a language that deaf people find very easy to lip read because of that.

What is the Brazilian accent called?

Brazil is a vast country, and each region has its accents, from Rio de Janeiro residents’ (known as cariocas) famous “shh” sound in place of “s” verses the harsh Germanic-sounding accent spoken by residents of the southern state Rio Grande do Sul (known as gaúchos ).

What is Brazilian Portuguese?

Brazilian Portuguese has been enriched by the languages of the native populations already living in Brazil when the Portuguese arrived. You’ll see many names of rivers, plants, fruits and trees that still carry the indigenous names.