Does Hebrew SOUND like a middle eastern or European language?

**CrazyDaisy** · 02-28-2019, 10:42 PM

Does she have a european accent?

**Óttar** · 02-28-2019, 10:50 PM

Arabic with a Russian accent (esp. when spoken by Ashkenazim).

**ModernMaskil** · 03-01-2019, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by CrazyDaisy

Does she have a european accent?

Not particularly. That's (give or take a bit) generally the "accent" spoken around the country.

**Roy** · 03-01-2019, 10:38 AM

I've come across a similar opinion as I've even heard that it's like Polish before but most of the time it does not hold water in my view.

**CrazyDaisy** · 03-01-2019, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Roy

I've come across a similar opinion as I've even heard that it's like Polish before but most of the time it does not hold water in my view.

I don’t think Hebrew sounds Eastern European at all. Turkish kind of does, but not Hebrew.

**~~Papastratosels26~~** · 03-01-2019, 04:53 PM

West Asian

**Gold-Shekel** · 03-01-2019, 05:05 PM

Middle-Eastern

As for "European", no, no way, it sounds more Caucasus than Europe.

**~~Numidia~~** · 03-01-2019, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by SuperDorian

Its sounds like a Semitic language but with European accent
Well depends because Oriental Jews speak Hebrew with Semitic"Arabic" accent and it sounds therefore
closer to Arabic or Aramaic.

It doesn't sound Turkish at all

It sounds different of arabic maybe it's sound something like armenian

**CrazyDaisy** · 03-02-2019, 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by Gold-Shekel

Middle-Eastern

As for "European", no, no way, it sounds more Caucasus than Europe.

It starts to sound european to me when I listen to it for a long time for some reason. But when I stop it goes back to sounding middle eastern.

**Club&Axe** · 03-02-2019, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by ModernMaskil

Well, no. It's just that that was a time when the "melting pot" still hadn't melted together so the Europeans spoke with a European accent. Now (besides older people) we all speak with the same accent.