Languages That Sound Like a Different Language

Maltese that sounds like Arabic, Portuguese that sounds like Russian, Welsh that sounds like Elvish. Guess first, then find out why. Every voice you hear is a real recording of the language. Which language should we cover next? Tell us in the comments 👇 0:00 Intro 0:03 Maltese (~520,000 speakers) 0:15 European Portuguese (~10M speakers) 0:28 Romanian (~24M speakers) 0:41 Dutch (~24M speakers) 0:53 West Frisian (~470,000 speakers) 1:06 Afrikaans (~7M speakers) 1:18 Luxembourgish (~400,000 speakers) 1:31 Esperanto (speakers: 100k–2M?) 1:44 Hungarian (~13M speakers) 1:56 Persian (~110M speakers) 2:09 Korean (~80M speakers) 2:21 Welsh (~540,000 speakers) Audio credits (all via Wikimedia Commons): Maltese: "WIKITONGUES- Keith speaking Maltese" by Wikitongues, Irena Dahl, CC BY-SA 4.0 European Portuguese: "WIKITONGUES- Sara speaking Portuguese" by Wikitongues, Guillem Belmar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Romanian: "WIKITONGUES- Raluca speaking Romanian" by Wikitongues, Nick Panzarella, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dutch: "WIKITONGUES- Eva speaking Dutch" by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 West Frisian: "WIKITONGUES- Sjoukje speaking West Frisian" by Wikitongues, Guillem Belmar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Afrikaans: "WIKITONGUES- Roussow speaking Afrikaans" by Bogreudell, CC BY-SA 4.0 Luxembourgish: "WIKITONGUES- Mark speaking Luxembourgish" by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 Esperanto: "Stela Speaks Esperanto" by Wikitongues, CC BY-SA 4.0 Hungarian: "WIKITONGUES- Orsolya speaking Hungarian" by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 Persian: "WIKITONGUES- Daniel speaking Farsi" by Wikitongues, Tushar Rakheja, CC BY-SA 4.0 Korean: "WIKITONGUES- Hanbid speaking Korean" by Wikitongues, Teddy Nee, CC BY-SA 4.0 Welsh: "WIKITONGUES- Sandra speaking Welsh" by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Speaker counts are estimates; sources disagree for many small languages. #languages #linguistics #languagesbelike