What does Basque sound like to you?

[Comte Arnau]

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[Damião de Góis]

Foreign and imperceptible
The news ladies have a too obvious castillian influence, which is a pitty because it changes somewhat what original basque might have sounded like. On the song that's not true though, not sure why... maybe it has to do with regional differences?

[Comte Arnau]

Foreign and imperceptible
The news ladies have a too obvious castillian influence, which is a pitty because it changes somewhat what original basque might have sounded like. On the song that's not true though, not sure why... maybe it has to do with regional differences?

The news presenter has a totally Standard Unified accent. The singers have a dialectal pronunciation. I'd say it is Gipuzcoan Basque, but I'm not an expert.

[Sikeliot]

Sounds like Castilian Spanish phonetics with completely incomprehensible words.

[Damião de Góis]

The news presenter has a totally Standard Unified accent.

That's the standard? Ok...

[leisitox]

Normal spanish phonetic with unknown words

[Comte Arnau]

When you say phonetics you refer to the sounds or the intonation?

[leisitox]

When you say phonetics you refer to the sounds or the intonation?

Well, the intonation and sounds are equal. But with unknown words instead.

[askra]

It sounds like an incomprehensible spanish, in particular in the first video.

[Treffie]

I once showed an acquaintance what Basque sounded like. Immediately he said Spanish, but without any knowledge of both languages. To me, there seems to be obvious Castillian intonation, so I wonder what Basque sounded like before the influence of its neighbour.