What Greek sounds like to foreigners-Πώς ακούγονται τα Ελληνικά στους ξένους 

Με Τατιάνα Στεφανίδου θα καταλάβουν Ελληνικά οι άνθρωποι;

As a spaniard, everytime I hear someone speaking greek I think they are speaking spanish until I pay attention to what they are saying and I realize I don't get anything of what they're talking. It does sound pretty similar, we share most of the sounds.

Καλα ρε παλικαρι μου Τατιανα τους εβαλες να ακουσουν;;

as a portuguese speaker, greek is SO beautiful!

Εγω θα έβαζα Τάκη Τσουκαλά Χαχαχαχαχχα

I am Spanish but I used to live in Cyprus, so I know Greek and Spanish. When I first moved there I heard people talking in the streets and I thought they were talking in Spanish (European Spanish) but when I came closer they were actually talking in Greek. It was quite awkward but funny at the same time. It sounded like Spanish gibberish to me hahaha

I love greek, their pronunciation and their voices are beautiful. I'm currently self learning greek, and I can proudly say that I can read it now :D

"Greek sounds more Spanish than Greek!" - A Canadian Genius.

Μην απογοητεύεστε! Ούτε οι Έλληνες την καταλαβαίνουμε.

My neighbours are Greek so I knew. I love the language, culture and food. I'd love to learn the language one day it's beautiful.

I'm portuguese and greek was always a language very familiar to me. It's beautiful

It's funny but portuguese and greek really sounds familiar. Long live to Greece! From Rio//Brasil.

As a Brazilian this is interesting. I love how the Greek language sounds, and most of these people thought it was Portuguese.

To me it sounds like a mix of Spanish and Portuguese and a little Italian. I have heard it from some of my colleagues from Greece, so now can a recognize it a little. It sounds a little faster then Spanish or Portuguese. Plus, Greek colleagues are one of the most technical and professional people I have ever worked with.

As a Vietnamese speaking Greek and learning Spanish, I absolutely agree that Greek and Spanish sound very similar!

I'm a Spanish speaker from Colombia and I've always thought that Greek sounds like Spanish from Northern Spain but as if I couldn't understand it.

When I first moved to Greece it did indeed sound like a never ending slow of gibberish to me. But after a few weeks I started noticing gaps and pauses, which I presumed were spaces and punctuations. Then slowly but surely I started to understand it, but it took many years of practice, lessons and dedication to get to my level of fluency and understanding. Even now though I meet people I cannot understand as they speak so fast. One thing that helped was learning the alphabet, which enabled me to read the newspaper out loud with only a few mistakes. It is a very phonetic language barring a few dipthongs and vowel/consanant combinations which change the pronunciation of some of the letters. But after 2 months I did indeed read the newspaper out loud in front of my future mother-in-law who asked her daughter how I was doing that when I supposedly;y didn't know Greek, to which her reply was "Don't worry mum he doesn't understand a word of what he's reading". But for me it is a beautiful language perfect for expressing oneself, and also has taught me so much about my own native British English. :)

Greek is so beautiful. I love the Greeks, too.

There is no excuse for anyone who has learned maths and algebra not to recognize the Greek alphabet.

I have spent 4 years in Thessaloniki so, I have learnt Greek quite fast. Maybe due to the same culture. It's so melodic and harmonic language, maybe the language of romanticism💙. Greetings from your neighbor Turkey. Long live Hellas!

I am Greek Australian and I just love the Greek language. People get confused coz Greek and Spanish are from the few languages not having like a real accent.

Beautiful language!!!! Could never mistake it for any other language. M'aresi para poli

Dear Lord, what a shame to not recognize Greek!!! Not speak, not be able to read - just recognize it and if you are a University student, yes, you are expected to know a few basic words originating in Greek and that penetrated our modern languages. No matter what you study! All languages that have largely contributed to the evolution of the human civilization through their contribution deserve some respect - whether it's Hebrew, Arabic or Greek or Latin (without entering into sophisticated linguistic details concerning their different branches and regions where they are or were spoken). I am Romanian and I could never ever expect someone in the West be able to make a distinction between Romanian or Bulgarian or you name it...But GREEK!!!???!!! GREEK???!!!???

It's because Latin language that is mostly related with Italian, Spanish and Portuguese is originated from Greek language. So the etymology and acoustics are similar.

Few days ago i was at the Agora of Smyrna(σμύρνη). There were so many tablets that are written in Ancient Greek. I have tried to decode them with my basic Modern Greek knowledge. It was so fucking beautiful! The first thing i read was something like this and it gave me shivers: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΙΟΝΙΑΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΣ

Greek language sounds very interesting and nice to listen to, but omg I think it is very hard to learn it... greetings to our greek brothers... 😋

Haha I'm part Greek part Brazilian (where we speak Portuguese) this was funny to watch😂

I'm a student of Greek, Spanish and Portuguese and I can affirm that Greek indeed sounds like Castilian Spanish to me, despite belonging to totally different families. Their phonologies possess the exact same sounds and are spoken with a similar rhythm.

Microphono good god is the microphone. These guys never learn unfortunately how many thaousants of English words are based in Greek language. Informantianlly look here. Marianne McDonalnd.Thesaurus Linguae Graecae! Respect to all of you. Thanks.

Greek language is the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types

I am Greek and I've been literally studying in Italy. EVERY PERSON that hears me speaking Greek, asks me if I am from Spain!

I don't want to offend anybody but people from North America and Europe seem to think they are the only ones living in this huge world. I mean, seriously, you don't know what GREEK sounds like? I can understand when they do not detect Turkish but Greek, one of the oldest cultures out there with undescribable historical heritage, they should have studied Ancient Greece in school. This coming from a Russian.

I'm Sardinian and I live in Athens, when I arrived I thought it sounded like Spanish as well

I speak Spanish and to me it sounds like Spanish. First time I heard someone speaking Greek I was living in Germany so I rarely heard Spanish so my ears thought I heard a fellow Spanish speaker and started eavesdropping . I realized I couldn’t understand anything at all . I put one of the words I heard into google and realized I was listening to Greek.

I'm Basque and I thought that it was Spanish, then I tried to understand what they where saying and I realized that it was a different language. The same happened to a friend.

The most beautiful language ever!!!

Your language is beautiful, komshu!! 🇬🇷🇹🇷

Κανένας Έλληνας εδώ ? #GreekMalakas ? Όχι ? Καλά

It is true that Greek and Spanish sound similar - an accidental case as the two nations had not intense direct interaction. So similar they are that often Spanish people turn heads in airports when they hear Greek talking at 5 meters distance trying to figure out the discussion, the inverse occuring less often as more Greeks are familiar with Spanish. It was 100% logical that American students who are aware of Spanish accent but not of Portuguese one to imagine that this Spanish-like accent could be Portuguese, yet Portuguese in reality has a totally different accent to Spanish.

Funny they though it was portugese. Its very different sound. I was once in Italy waiting in a line in a bank and speaking in greek with some friends of mine. Behind was a gentleman, after a while he asked as: Are you from Spain? We said "no we are from Greece". And he said to us "Then way do you speak spanish?" ha..ha...ha...ha... we cried...ha...ha....ha....

I'm from Greece and that was so funny to watch. I never thought that it was that hard for foreigners to recognise or mimic the greek language

I’ve heard Greek way to much to the point where I know it’s Greek 😂😂 my friends father spoke Greek and I didn’t know he spoke it and I asked if he was Greek he said yes. I love this language it’s so beautiful I’m learning it since I love it so much

I am american, these people make me ashamed to be american, but to my ear Greek does sound really similar to Spanish, Greek is a very beautiful language, maybe I shall learn it some day

And the Oscar goes to.. Skatianna Stefanidou

I'm Portuguese,I understand Spanish and yes,Greek has the same vocal sonds as Spanish.

A spanish speaker will say that greek sounds like someone trying to speak spanish and greek speaker will say that spanish sounds like someone trying to speak greek. This has to do with the phonology of the two (in other words, the sounds of the letters), as they both share similar sounds for almost every letter that they have.

I love greek and greeks from Serbia :3 i even know to read and write on greek btw we are werry similar people ;)

Well, being greek and having heard spanish speaking greek, I can understand that the accent may sound pretty similar. really cool...

6.Ας δούμε τι είπαν για την Ελληνική γλώσσα… Κικέρων (ο ενδοξότερος ρήτωρ της αρχαίας Ρώμης): «Ει οι θεοί διαλέγονται, τη των Ελλήνων γλώττι χρώνται» Huan Azio (Βάσκος γερουσιαστής): «Διά την διεθνοποίησιν της Ελληνικής γλώσσης μεγάλην έχομεν ευθύνην, ως ουκ ούσαν άλλην γλώσσαν αυτής ανωτέραν». Errieta Valter (Γαλλίδα γλωσσολόγος): «Η Ελληνική γλώσσα είναι η μόνη στην Ευρώπη που δεν υπέκυψε σε καμία κατοχή». Wandruska (καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας Πανεπ. Βιέννης): «Οι ευρωπαϊκές γλώσσες φαίνονται ως διάλεκτοι της Ελληνικής». Sagredo και Puhana (Βάσκοι Ελληνιστές): «Η Ελληνική γλώσσα και παιδεία αποτελουσι το θεμέλιον του Δυτικού πολιτισμού. Πάντες δε Ευρωπαίοι οφειλέται της Ελλάδος εσμέν». M. Ventris (‘Aγγλος επιστήμων που αποκρυπτογράφησε τη Γραμμική γραφή Β’): «Η αρχαία Ελληνική γλώσσα ήτο και είναι η ανωτέρα όλων των παλαιοτέρων και νεωτέρων γλωσσών». U. Wilamowitz (Γερμανός φιλόλογος): «Η Ελληνική φυλή, ανωτέρα κάθε άλλης, είναι και μητέρα κάθε πολιτισμού». Βολταίρος (Γάλλος διανοητής): «Είθε η Ελληνική γλώσσα να γίνει κοινή όλων των λαών». Var. Goeger (Γερμανός σοφός): «Ο Ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός ξεκινά από την Ελλάδα». Goethe (ο κορυφαίος Γερμανός ποιητής): «Η Ελλάδα είναι ο νους και η καρδιά της οικουμένης». Ακαδημία Επιστημών της ΕΣΣΔ, «Παγκόσμια Ιστορία»: «Χωρίς τα θεμέλια που έθεσαν οι Έλληνες δεν θα υπήρχε ο νεώτερος ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός. Η Ελληνική λογοτεχνία είναι η αρχαιότερη της Ευρώπης». Hellen Keler (η διάσημη τυφλή Αμερικανίδα συγγραφέας): «Όπως το βιολί είναι το τελειότερο μουσικό όργανο, έτσι και η Ελληνική γλώσσα». H.F. Kitto (‘Aγγλος καθηγητής Πανεπιστημίου): «Όλοι οι κλάδοι της λογοτεχνίας και της επιστήμης αρχίζουν με τους Έλληνες. Η Ελληνική γλώσσα είναι η πιο καθαρή και η πιο πλούσια στον κόσμο». Irina Kovaleva (Ρωσσίδα καθηγήτρια Πανεπιστημίου Μόσχας): «Η Ελληνική γλώσσα είναι όμορφη σαν τον ουρανό με τ’ άστρα». Maurice Kruaze (Γάλλος Ακαδημαϊκός): «Οι άνθρωποι θα ανατρέχουν πάντα στις πηγές της Ελληνικής κλασσικής αρχαιότητας για να δροσιστούν». Furtvengler (καθηγήτρια Πανεπιστημίου Βιέννης): «Η Ρώμη στάθηκε μία αιώνια πόλη, αλλά η Αθήνα είναι κόσμος ολόκληρος». Marianne McDonald (η πρωτεργάτις του TLG) «Η γνώση της Ελληνικής γλώσσας είναι απαραίτητο θεμέλιο υψηλής πολιτιστικής καλλιέργειας». Karl Marx (ο θεμελιωτής του Μαρξισμού): «Οι αξίες του Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού παραμένουν άφθαστα πρότυπα». Bernard Shaw (Ιρλανδός συγγραφέας): «Αν στη βιβλιοθήκη σας δεν έχετε έργα των αρχαίων Ελλήνων συγγραφέων, τότε μένετε σ’ ένα σπίτι χωρίς φως». Martin Heideger (φιλόσοφος): «Για τους Έλληνες η ύψιστη προίκα τους είναι η γλώσσα τους, στην οποία η παρουσία (φιλοσοφικός όρος) ως τοιαύτη φθάνει στην εκκάλυψη και στην κάλυψη. Όποιος δε μπορεί να δει τη δωρεά ενός τέτοιου δώρου προς τον άνθρωπο και όποιος δε μπορεί ν’ αντιληφθεί τον προορισμό ενός τέτοιου πεπρωμένου, καθόλου δε θ’ αντιληφθεί τον λόγο περί του προορισμού του είναι, όπως ο φυσικός τυφλός δε μπορεί ν’ αντιληφθεί τι είναι το φως και το χρώμα». «Τα αρχαία Ελληνικά δεν είναι μία γλώσσα, αλλά «Η Γλώσσα»». Werner Heisenberg (Γερμανός φυσικομαθηματικός-φιλόσοφος): «Η θητεία μου στην Ελληνική γλώσσα υπήρξε η σπουδαιότερη πνευματική μου άσκησις. Στη γλώσσα αυτή υπάρχει η πληρέστερη αντιστοιχία μεταξύ της λέξεως και του εννοιολογικού της περιεχόμενου». Marriane McDonald (η πρωτεργάτις του TLG): «Η Γλώσσα της Ελευθερίας, ο Ένδοξος θησαυρός της Ελλάδος, η Δόξα της Ελλάδος, ανήκει σε όλους μας και έχει διαμορφώσει την επιστημονική και λογοτεχνική κληρονομιά του Δυτικού Κόσμου.

Η άβολη στιγμή που διαβάζω ελληνικά σχόλια και καταλαβαίνω ότι: α} μερικοί ακόμα δεν έχουν καταλάβει ότι το βίντεο δεν το έφτιαξε Έλληνας και του απαντάνε στα Ελληνικά λες και θα καταλάβει. β} μερικοί θεωρούν ότι οι ξένοι είναι ηλίθιοι στο βίντεο επειδή δυσκολεύονται να βρουν τη γλώσσα λες και οι ίδιοι μπορούν να αναγνωρίσουν όλες τις διαλέκτους της Γης ανα πάσα στιγμή. γ} μερικοί σχολιάζουν πράγματα ή κάνουν κακό χιούμορ που μόνο Έλληνες το καταλαβαίνουν έτσι κι αλλιώς σε ένα βίντεο που απευθύνεται σε διάφορες εθνικότητες και νομίζουν ότι είναι αστείοι. Το κερασάκι στην τούρτα έίναι ότι κάποιοι τους απαντάνε κιόλας. δ} μερικοί δεν χάνουν ευκαιρία σε οποιοδήποτε μέρος, σε οποιοδήποτε βίντεο με οποιοδήποτε θέμα που έχει έστω και την απειροελάχιστη σχέση με ελλάδα να γράψουν πόσο γαμιστεροί είμαστε και ότι όλοι οι άλλοι λαοί είναι βάρβαροι και ότι εμείς τα κάνουμε όλα τέλεια και από μας προέκυψαν όλα και γενικά να δείξουν για ακόμα μια φορά πόσο ψωνάρες είμαστε.... ε} τελικά είμαστε μίλια πίσω στην ιντερνετική παιδεία βάση των σχολιών και την ηλιθιοτήτων που είδα να γράφονται. (με εξαιρέσεις φυσικά) στ} περιμένω σαχλό σχόλιο-απάντηση ή απλό βρισίδι από κάποιο τυπάκι που προσβλήθηκε από αυτά που γράφω. Do your worst.

Καλα την Τατιανα τους βαλατε? Εδω ουτε εγω δεν καταλαβαινα τι ελεγε χD

Greek sounds pretty cool.

I can totally see how people can mistake it for Spanish. The vowels are fairly similar, consonants like "t,d,n" are said at the teeth and not the alveolar ridge, and both Spanish and Greek are similar in that the vowels still retain their quality even if they are not accented. In English, we have many more vowels, we do not say "t,d,n" at the back of the teeth, and if we do not accent a syllable the vowel may turn into "schwa". For example you have "human" and "humanity" . Look at the differences in the "a" sound when it is accented and when it is not. www.logicofenglish.com/blog/60-spelling/392-what-is-a-schwa-helping-students-read-and-spell-the-schwa-sound Russian does something similar. There vowels can change when they are not accented .After I had studied some Spanish and was in an area of an airport with many Caribbean flights there happened to be one flight that I didn't realize was going to Greece. I was convinced that the language spoken was Spanish but with some kind of Caribbean dialect. I also saw a Greek tv show that I did not know the origin of and thought it might have come from Spain. Even my brain has difficulty distinguishing the two languages. I became fluent in Spanish and then about 5 years or so later became fluent in Greek. I lost my ability to speak Spanish when I learned Greek. Everything wants to come out Greek when I speak Spanish. This does not happen to me when I try to speak Russian or German. My brain must have processed the Greek to near to the Spanish in brain storage.

αντιπροσωπευτικό παράδειγμα ελληνομάθειας η Τατιάνα.

A lot of Greek words are used in the Spanish language because of the Roman conquest of Hispania (Spain). They brought the Greek and Latin language to the region which influenced modern Spanish.

Once I was in France with a friend and we entered a Disney store. We had a walk around while chatting,then we split up. When I was alone, a lady who was working there, asked me in French, if I needed any help. I didn`t understand her as I don't speak French. She realised it after I told her in English that I don't speak French. Then she asked me the same in Spanish! Then I told her that I'm not Spanish either. She was surprised when she heard that my language was Greek! That was a fun moment!

For the record Greek doesn't sound like Spanish. Spanish sounds like Greek.

Το γεγονός ότι έβαλε να δούνε Τατιάνα Στεφανίδου ας πούμε;;; XD Έπρεπε να βάλει Μερκούρη ή κανένα τραγούδι του Μίκη Θεοδωράκη να βλέπαμε τι χαμός θα γινόταν! XD

Very Very Interesting ! I am Greek and i was always wondering how Greek sounds like to foreigners. The answer i was always taking from Americans was WEIRD ! >>As for the comment with the most thumbs up : He is accusing you in a gentle way for disgracing Greeks by letting foreigners listening Greek Language from the most hated show hostess in Greece if not in entire Europe.

Awesome language! It's one of the most beautiful languages of the world. I can distinguish the sound of Greek, I don't know, it's very south Italian-like. Ps. I don't like native English speakers. They self-invented stereotypes and accent they think that are actually true. They think that Spanish is just the Mexican variety and that Italian speaks like Super Mario.

I am not Greek I am from Argentina but I can't believe the ignorance of the people, maybe u cant recognice only listening but if u see how they write you can recognice some letters are use in mathematics and u have in the calculator (PI) so if u have maths in the school u can recognice is Greek.

Sounds like music, i love it😍 hellas ole😍

All the world love Greece and a big love from KURDÎSTAN TO GREECE❤

As a Spanish native speaker I have to say that Greek is phonetically the most closely related language to Spanish. Both the intonation and the vocalization (the way in which the words are pronounced) are really, really similar in Greek and Spanish spoken in Europe. It´s a pity that both languages are not mutually intelligible…..but the phonetics is basically the same.

Your language project looks really awesome :))) Thank you for including Greek as well. Καλή συνέχεια!

Spanish and Greek are quite phonetically similar to the point that you will probably confuse a spanish accent/greek accent when one or the other starts speaking english.

Σ αγαπο Ελλάδα ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I m Greek and i laughed so much! You picked the most obnoxious persona of Greek tv! I enjoyed your video so much! Thank you!

Too many languages ​​in the world contain thousands of words that come from the Greek language. It is the oldest language on the planet with such a developed vocabulary!

Greek can be very complex sometimes we have 5 ways to say I = ι υ η οι ει all of these letters make the same sound we also have double letters αι ει οι

Your language is awesome greetings from Turkey to my Greek brothers.. And I want to ask you one question does this word means anyting in Greek : "otolino - laringo - logos" ?

Greek is a beauthiful language,in Portuguese we have many Greek words but is not similat to Greek. .

When I heard Greek first time in my life I also thought it was a romanic language.

really nice vid! Keep making this kind of videos

Hi from Greece, that experiment was really nice

''it sounds a lot more spanish than greek'' thats a bright student right there.... lol

So brilliant! All my life, living in England, people ask me to speak Greek just so they can hear what it sounds like. We giggle and joke and I teach some words. It's as though all people, everywhere have an innate desire to hear other languages, to make connections of their own and to just enjoy mimicking and learning.

I can easly recognize this sexy language a mile away..Turk fella here.

When I was very young, my parents introduced me to their friend from Greece and when I heard him speak, i thought he spoke Spanish, which I heard from spanish TV series.. Not until I learned in school about the country, did i realise that the Greeks don't speak a dialect of spanish... :O The language sounds beautiful anyway :D

It would be nice to see these kind of videos filmed across the globe, just to see who is generally better at recognizing languages ( and letters obviously)

It's so frustrating being a math major in america and hearing all your professors pronouncing the Greek alphabet wrong...

That's indeed true. Spanish and Greek pronunciation, especially Castilian Spanish (although I'm not so sure) are really close. As Greek, I was also confused some times. I remember my brother was watching a football game from Spain and, until I understand the language, I thought it was Greek by only listening to the accent. Greetings from Greece :-)

Ποτέ μου δε σκέφτηκα ότι τα Ελληνικά ακούγονται ως Ισπανικά! Πολύ ωραίο βίντεο όμως! Είχε πλάκα! Χαιρετίσματα από Ελλάδα!

You can tell he’s Greek by the way he moves his hands when talking.

I've always wanted to see what others think of Greek language nice vid

Very beautiful language

I assume that the people in the video know or are familiar with Spanish at some level. The Greek language sounds like Spanish but it differs from Portuguese. As far as they know, Portuguese and Spanish are very similar, so once they figured it's not Spanish, they took an educated guess and said Portuguese.

Nobody should be offended by this, it's legitimately amusing. Thank you for the video.

I'm greek,but I love italian language

Can someone help me translate the title into Greek?

When i went to England (London to be specific) we were always mistaken for Spanish or Portuguese, i remember when we went at a fast food and when it came our turn to order the lady spoke to us to spanish and we just stared her and told her we werent from spain but greece 😂😂 her reaction was so funny

Quisiera entender un poquito de inglés como para comprender que dicen, solo lo vi porque me me apareció y a la vez me parece muy interesante el idioma griego y los lenguajes antiguos.

Good job. Next time try to copy Μακελειο tv show with Στεφανος Χιος.

spanish accent always reminds me greek lenguage

Ότι θα άκουγα τατιάνα στεφανίδου και εδώ ποιος θα μου το ελεγε...

Nice video :) Good job

2:40 "Δώστε μου το μικρόφωνο" [Doste mou to microphono, Pass me the microphone] became "Δώστε μου ένα ποτό" [Doste mou ena poto, Give me a drink]. She can't speak greek but she is in good way to party like a Greek!

They sound like Galicians to me. Sometimes like Spanish and some times like Portugese and Italian.

Greetings from Greece.Ρε κλαιωωωω😂😂😂😂

if you ever hear Spanish gibberish then it's Greek.