Is Portuguese similar to Serbian?

Yes, they can be compared as they sound similar to the ear. As well, in my experience, Serbian language speakers usually do not have a difficult time learning Spanish quite fluently. As a language learner, Portuguese can also tend to sound like Russian as well as Serbian when one speaks very quickly.

Why does Portuguese sound Italian?

It is important to know that the second-largest Italian population outside of Italy lives in São Paulo, Brazil, after Buenos Aires and before New York. As a result of the Italian influence in the region, this specific dialect of Portuguese sounds a lot like Italian. There is a similar language adaption in Argentina.

Why do Russian and Portuguese sound similar?

Some experts have explained this by highlighting that both Russian and Portuguese are stress-timed languages, which makes their intonation sound very similar, but only in rhythm. Unstressed syllables therefore take a shorter time to be said, so that they adjust to this rhythm.

Is Portuguese a phonetic language?

This is because Portuguese isn’t a phonetic language. A phonetic language is one where you know how to say a word just by reading how it is spelt. English, like Portuguese, isn’t phonetic. Even native speakers differ in how they pronounce certain words – for example, how would you say the word scone?

Why 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.

Does Portuguese sound like Russian?

They both are in their own way. Portuguese has certain sounds which resemble Russian which aren’t found in neighbouring languages like Spanish and if you are expecting Portuguese to sound like Spanish, which naively a lot of people do, then those sounds will jump out at you like a fist in your face.

What does Portuguese sound like?

Portuguese from Brazil sounds like musical and happy Spanish mixed with French while Portuguese from Portugal sounds like a Slavic language and is almost completely unintelligible to a Spanish speaker with no experience in it.