Are Asian Languages Really Loud? And! What is the most beautiful language? Please let us know! 🇬🇧 Lauren @lauren_ade 🇫🇷 Alexander @alexanderwmlm 🇻🇳 Minh Hiền @choo_minji 🇹🇭 Temmie @1.59gk
Thai people can talk quite especially youngsters in public like cafes, trains, or buses. I find them talking so quietly without whispering, while some foreigners (especially the Chinese and Korean) who would like to be quiet like them sometimes have to whisper. On the other hand, older Thai people tend to talk much louder especially when they are talking on a phone! Idk why😂
I think because elder tend to have some trouble of hearing, because ages. But not only elder, even people have trouble of hearing alway talk louder so they can hear. I think so
Temmie is so dang cuteeee. Mini is cool af. I love their dynamic when exchanging their knowledge about each other’s languages. Lauren and Alexander did super well pronouncing Thai and Viet as newbies!! Super great group of people to watch.
I think the beauty of many languages depends on people who speak it the most then the language themselves, especially for those tonal languages like Vietnamese and Thai. As in the video, the Viet girl spoke very kind of standard Vietnamese and I felt comfortable and soft to hear it, the same for Thai language. I've read many viewpoints on the internet that Vietnamese sounds loud, rude and weird like an alien language mostly because they heard non-standard dialects from a certain region and they speak it with very thick and tough voice even hard for Vietnamese from other regions to understand.
Yeah. I mean, in the context of European languages, there's the stereotype that German is rude and aggressive and best suited for military purposes, and that French is the language of love. But when you listen to Romy Schneider in "Sissi the Young Empress", or to a radio interview of an angry pig farmer from Bretagne, that notion kind of falls on its head :D
Also, I think Finnish once won a competition for the most beautiful language with the sentence "Aja hiljaa sillalla" ("Drive slowly on the bridge"). But my language also has such gems as "Älä rääkkää sitä kissaa! No en minä rääkkääkään!" ("Don't torture that cat! I'm not torturing [it]!")
There is no such thing as one standard dialect in Vietnamese, it depends on the region. There is one standard written form but not spoken, there are 3. Hanoian Vietnamese can sound very jarring too as it is very choppy due to the presence of certain tones (~ and .).
@@thevannmann I guess so, but the general consensus is that the northern dialect is much more formal and tends to be less nasally than the southern dialect. It depends on the speaker but many speakers of the southern dialect speak exremely nasally, that's where people get the misconcpetion of Vietnamese being inherently nasal and loud from, choppiness doesn't really matter. It sounds delightful and smooth when spoken properly and with a full-bodied voice, but horrible when it's nasal. Same goes with any dialect, but it's rare for the northern dialect to be nearly as nasal as the southern one.
A language is loud when a person shouts...not because of the language. Vietnamese, Laos and Thai are in fact very softly spoken and more feminine compared to other languages. English, Dutch, German, Nordic sound more macho to me. Not that they are not beautiful though but only in a different way.
Thai has a very cute sound. Vietnamese has all those interesting sounds that make it distinct in a good way. Chinese and Korean sound a bit loud to me if I haven't heard anyone speak it for a while, but not Thai, Vietnamese or Japanese.
The subtitles at 1:27~1:28 is mistaken tho, Mini's showing Lauren how to say "Mình đến từ Anh" which means "I'm from the UK", the subtitles says "Rất vui được gặp anh" meaning "Nice to meet you"
For me is actually the other way around , asian languages for me aren't loud at all , even though I don't spend too much time hearing languages from there , but for me nope 😂
For me(vn ) i think madarin should speak loud because when they speak like that i can understand what they speak(i learn little Madarin),when they speak soft it hard to understand what they say(like 10 word but they just speak 7 word...)... It hard ...i can read and speak but can't hear because some people speak to soft , because in madarin have many word pronunciation same but different word and meaning 🙃🙃🙃
I disagree with you. Most Asian languages are pretty loud. I don't think Japanese is a loud language. But imagine yourself going to the market oh boy they are incredibly loud, pretty much middle aged women who enjoy gossiping about everyone.
@@xxstormxx56 you’re talking about how personal background effects the tone of their language. Noisy speakers tend to have merchant or traveling salesman background because they have to yell all the time at local wet markets. In Asia, half of the population are doing family owned business. On the other hand, people of scholarly background or possess a good education speak controllably and gently. It’s a social class issue to be honest. A Cockney bloke is indeed different from a RP chap
I experienced the same thing as Alexander (I’m also French) when I was in England and US as a teenager, people said in front of me « bo ba bo ba » something like that
My favorite languages are from Latin , so Italian , French and Spanish are up there , about English i think some accents are funny and others exotics , Thai and Vietnamese aren't loud , especially Vietnamese
Thai is probably the smoothest Language in ASEAN! Its the most palatable to my ears especially since Dramas from Thailand pretty much entertains the rest of the ASEAN countries.
@@Iceyfire12thật ra có rất ít người phân biệt được tiếng việt và tiếng thái,đa số họ đều cho rằng cả hai giống nhau.Thật tốt vì bạn là một trong số ít những người nhận ra sự khác biệt,có lẽ vì bạn thích xem phim ảnh của thái.Theo như những gì tôi biết thì người Việt nghe tiếng thái sẽ cảm thấy nặng tai,còn người thái nghe tiếng việt thì sẽ thấy chói tai.có thể tiếng việt có giọng cao còn tiếng thái có giọng thấp.tôi là người Việt và thú thật tôi không quen nghe tiếng thái.,mặc dù tôi cũng xem rất nhiều phim thái nhưng thật sự tiếng thái quá nặng đối với tôi.
I think with tonal languages like Thai, it is so important to speak loud and clear to be understood well. Also, because there are “high” and “rising” tones, this may seem like shouting to western speakers.
I would like to see you guys attempt using a translator, like Google translate, to communicate between languages on a video. Could be interesting study of the translator and the translations too. I have used it before to get me through a couple points in life. But I’ve only ever tried it with English and Spanish. Love y’all
You should have people pronounce other country name in their native tongue. The Thai girl would say Viet-naamm, Farangsess, Anggris(England), Gaolee(korea) Yeepun(japan)
If you want a transliteration script that properly shows vowel length and tones, use Paiboon! Vietnam = เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam) France = ฝรั่งเศส (fà-ràng-sèet) England = อังกฤษ (ang-grìt) United Kingdom = สหราชอาณาจักร (sà-hà-râat-chá-aa-naa-jàk) (South) Korea = เกาหลี(ใต้) (gao-lǐi(-dtâai)) Japan = ญี่ปุ่น (yîi-bpùn)
Emperor Charles V Habsburg who was also King of Germany and King of Spain knew several languages and said "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse"😂😂😂
There was no king of Germany back then, the Holy Roman Emperor can be seen as a something loosely related though. He was HRE emperor, king of Spain, archduke of Austria, and had some more minor titles.
Việc Latinh hoá tiếng Thái hoặc tiếng Trung sẽ dễ dàng hơn khi dùng chữ Latinh từ tiếng Việt. Tiếng Việt là ngôn ngữ dùng ký tự Latinh nhưng có 6 thanh điệu, âm tiết có thể lên - xuống, uốn - lượn, ngang thông qua việc dùng 6 dấu (Sắc - huyền - hỏi - ngã - bằng - nặng). Hiện nay, một số du học sinh Lào tại Việt Nam cũng đã "tự chế" tiếng Lào Latinh từ hệ thống chữ quốc ngữ Việt Nam. Một nhà nghiên cứu ngôn ngữ Đài Loan (Trung Quốc) cũng đã có công trình Latinh hoá tiếng Đài Loan từ hệ thống chữ quốc ngữ Việt Nam.
I'm vietnamese myself and I find that it can be either soft and loud. I think it depends on the accent. Also, if you wanna hear loud just walk into a vietnamese nail salon ✌🏼
Like Japanese the way Thai people communicate, Thai have more possible way to send emotion thank to the language and tonals and the way they spell their word is straight forward no extra sound like "cans(sss)" and many strong sound like Ga Ka Kha Ta used more in daily life too, so out of all 4 I think thai is the most louded one and also one of the most loud language in the world too
However Ka or Krub isn’t a Strong sound unless you emphasize it which most Thais when speaking formal ending w/ Ka or Krub speak w/ the same tone as other sounds! Its usually the Foreigners that Emphasize Ka or Krub! Thai is the Smoothest Language in ASEAN its not choppy or bouncy or staccato! Filipinos have some phrases that end w/ Ka but there is emphasized especially the way they say it!
What's frustrating is they're just speaking an extremely short sentence in their language/dialect and then we have to talk about it. Give more examples!
Well, English language 🇬🇧 is heavily influenced by Latin and many Spanish 🇪🇸 and French 🇫🇷 words are used; for example: mosquito, cafeteria, plaza, fiesta, siesta, persona, maestro, patio, rendezvous, faux pas, dentist, hors d’oeuvre, tête-à-tête…
When you're talking about the influence of a language you have to refer to its more archaic structures and forms, because languages morph over time and the Latinesque words you hear in the English language influenced its vocabulary before those nations existed as unified e.g. the languages were Frankish and Castilian, respectively, at the point when they were influencing old English. This is because the unification date of England (932) precedes both France (1190) and Spain (1492) respectively. Before those dates The landmass we now refer to as France was a tentatively connected large number of duchies known as the Frankish Empire and the landmass we now call Spain was made up of several states, e.g.: Castile, Aragon, moorish Kingdom, et cetera
English is much more influenced by French than that. And the English words that come from Latin are usually "francisized" Latin words since they were incorporated into the English language by the Normans.
@@Rowlph8888 You have a very wrong understanding of what France was, and you don't seem to realize that "Frankish" refers to germanic dialects*, not old French (and what influenced English so much, is old French, the latin language, not Frankish...). In paper France was a unified kingdom way before England unified, but the king remained limited in terms of actual power: France was decentralized. It didn't stop in 1190, it varied depending on individual periods but France was decentralized until the end of the 100 Years War, thus until the end of the middle ages. *at least nowadays. As French is just a deformed way of saying Frank, the difference was blurry until the term "French" became more distinct.
@@emanuelamattioli6743 The key word is "can". It all depends on the speaker. Some accents of French are very weird sounding or very nasal compared to the standard. Similarly, Italian spoken by some people can sound very monotonous. If I had to choose one Romance language that sounds more sing-songy than Italian, it's Brazilian Portuguese.
They are speaking four languages. They explain in Korean since this video is produced in Korea and speak their respective languages, Vietnamese and Thai. Occasionally they speak English. 😃
Vietnamese isn't entirely different from French due to French's influences on Vietnamese language, history and culture. Some examples are ba toong: bâton; bê tông: béton; bơ: beurre; ê-kíp: équipe .... Not only that the words order are similar : Noun + adjective, unlike other languages that prioritize adjective before nouns.
@@ahihi7706 ngữ hệ của tiếng Việt ko giống Pháp chút nào, có so sánh thì nó giống với tiếng Thái, tiếng Mường, vv các loại ngôn ngữ thuộc cùng ngữ hệ kìa. Còn ngữ pháp thì cũng chỉ vài ba loại, ngôn ngữ nào trên thế giới cũng trùng nhau ko ít thì nhiều ở vài cấu trúc ngữ pháp. Ngữ pháp của tiếng Việt có hơi giống Pháp thì cũng hoàn toàn ko liên quan gì đến việc bị Pháp ảnh hưởng cả mà do trùng hợp thôi. Ngôn ngữ là đã có 3000 năm nay, chứ ko phải mới đây.
Vietnam and France is very difficult for me, example by spelling, (v)Trung=cung, pho=fo, cam on= gam on nguyen= nguin; (f) Louis Vuitton= lui vitong, Marseille=marsaiye, Paris=pari, ysl= if sang loreng Btw iam from Indonesia 😅
Viet is too bouncy also Tagalog is very staccato! Thai is smooth like a Water Rippling I think that’s also why Thai Dramas are Popular! Its palatable for most Listeners its not to Bouncy Choppy Staccato like!
Thai sounds tend to be elongated and smooth vs Viet where it can be much shorter and up and down due to it having more tones. Viet has 6 tones where Thai has 5. I have been longtime friends with Viet people from North, Central, and South. It’s all still very different to pronounce bc it can be nasally one sec and deep in the throat the next. Very cool and unique language for sure
It is because Thailand promotes better culture from their cinema. Vietnam suffered a lot from the war and recently Vietnamese culture has been more accessible to the world.
@@ShireTommy1916_Somme-Mametz You're really don't :)) English and Frisian both evolved from a common ancestor language, and both have changed over time. Saying English evolved from Frisian is like saying humans evolved from monkeys.
It's funny cos whenever i hear Vietnamese it's much louder and bouncier but whenever they're asked to talk in front of non Vietnamese they tend to surpress it.
I'm not understanding why you brought in a person from the United Kingdom and that I can see a person from FranceThose 2 countries are not Asian The 2 other countries Vietnam and Thailand Those 2 are Asian countries I can tell the difference the differences here is that you just brought in to European countries and 2 Asians Cause the name of the video is like all different languages from Asia
Hold up! Thai is actually a very loud language. It’s amazing how they can keep a conversation going just passing by on a motorcycle and still hear what the reply was 100 meters down the road. My wife is Thai and compared to her Thai friends she is the loudest of them all by far on top of that. This is in no way an expression of negativity and as you say the way the language is used with continuous words of just courtesy it’s a very inviting language. But MAN it can be loud 😂
Every language can be loud if you shout loud enough. Thai is actually a very soft and mellow language but the tones may be jarring to some people. If you ever heard formal Thai spoken, it's very soft and mellow.
@@driver288any language can be loud and I'm Thai 😅 when I talk I don't shout. I think it depends on people and situations. In my family, we mostly speak not that loud.
Formal Thai actually sounds very soft. Formal Thai is spoken in the central part of Thailand as a standard language. People from other regions might speak dialect but they still have to learn how to speak the formal Thai at school. If your wife speaks dialect, that’s not formal Thai tho. The language itself is not loud. It depends on who is speaking it.
Brit English and Chinese are torturous to listen to. The former is the most marble-mouft gobbledygook on Earf, innit? The latter is a shrill, shrieking "sure-shii-shur-shii" abrasive screech. Pasa Thai dii kwaa, na fang tisud.
If this video was made 70 years ago, Mini from Vietnam would probably have found it easy to speak French since Vietnam was under French rule during that time. 😄
no, she will not. Most Vietnamese people don't speak French during French rule, they rarely got any education from the French, the French never even try to teach French to anyone in Vietnam, it was only a tiny small percentage that can speak basic French 80 years ago.
@@chithiennguyen1371 what the f are you saying? 🙄 They was surely able to speak French. Back then, a lot of rich families paid a lot of money for their children to learn French, Maths, Physics, ...etc. And if you were the best of your class, you could receive scholarship and study aboard. These talented people after studying, they came back to save our country. Vietnam gave birth to a lot of great men. From ancient times to mid-modern age, there are always people like them. Mind you, tis the pity, the gov doesn't appreciate them rn. 😒
@@TamHuynh-dp8nw no, they don't, we learned that in our history that we don't speak French back then. At least 97% Vietnamese people back then don't speak any French. The French failed to assimilate Vietnamese, failed to teach French to Vietnamese.
Just because Vietnamese was ruled by French, doesn't mean most Vietnamese back then can speak French. French never been taught to most Vietnamese people back then. Only around 3% of Vietnamese people back then can speak some French, mostly basic words. 90% Vietnamese can't read and write 70 years ago left alone learn to speak French. Even if this video is made 70 years ago, she won't be able to French easier than she is now.
@@chithiennguyen1371 what history LOL. But OK, I have nothing to say to you since I remember you're the one giving us a bad image to international people. I'm done and don't wanna waste time to argue with you. K, you're right 😒 hope you sleep well at night knowing your opinion is valid. Ignorance is not bliss tho 🌚
@@thevannmann no north speak soft and good ever vn language...i live in the south and i like to listen the north voice than the south voice... The south is just worse 🙃🙃🙃
@@thevannmann Yes! I think for those languages that might come from the throaty “ch” sounds. At least in part. And also German, because it always seems to be shouted.
