What does Chechen sound like to you?

[Terek]

I want to know!

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Foreigners say it sounds completely alien to them and then they say it sounds like other languages that are not related. I think this is interesting to know what it sounds to you who do not know it.

[The Lawspeaker]

It sounds like a mixture between Russian and a Middle Eastern language. But I guess I can appreciate it when a woman speaks it. Young women seem to be able to make even the most guttural sounding language sound nice and attractive.

[Padre Organtino]

Yes, it has this mix of Slavic and Arabic vibes to me.

[Rron]

Nice melody in that song, what he is singing about.

[Bloodraven]

Sounds very foreign to me. Can't quite place it anywhere.

[Terek]

Nice melody in that song, what he is singing about.

Daimoxk it means fatherland it is a patriotic song about love among difficult times, that God gave us each morning each night and so on... Dzhabrailov I love his music

[Terek]

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[Flintlocke]

Sounds ok, like Georgian. You still speak it or do most people speak Russian?

[Arrow Cross]

Not bad, not bad.

It does indeed sound like a Slavic language spiced up with Arabic influence. Does it actually have many Arabic words, or they just sound similar?

[Hurrem sultana]

kinda slavic

[billErobreren]

sounds unlike anything I've heard though at times it sounds almost like Russian


It sounds like a mixture between Russian and a Middle Eastern language. But I guess I can appreciate it when a woman speaks it. Young women seem to be able to make even the most guttural sounding language sound nice and attractive.

^ but I can agree to that

[Bloodraven]

Hearing it second time, it actually sound similar to German to me(dem gutturals).

:leaving:

[Absinthe]

Sounds like a mix of Turkish and Russian ;)

[Grumpy Cat]

I don't know what it sounds like, I've never heard a language similar.

Chechen is an isolate language, isn't it?

[Cail]

Doesn't sound even remoootely Slavic phonetically. It does have kinda Russian intonation patterns though (due to Chechens being exposed to Russian media). Also these are not the best examples, because it's mostly young people, who have a good chance of having Russian as a second native tongue. Thus they may have sort of a Russian accent in their Chechen. Real Caucasian phonetics is completely alien to Slavic, even when Chechens speak Russian their accent makes it close to non-intelligible.


Chechen is an isolate language, isn't it?
It's not. It is very closely related to Ingush (like Spanish and Portuguese), and less closely to the languages of Dagestan (of which there are plenty).

[Terek]

Sounds ok, like Georgian. You still speak it or do most people speak Russian?

I speak it and my family we all speak it. Most people speak Russian and Chechen although some people are not literate in Chechen, Is my first language which I learned to speak and read and write before Russian, this is rare as most people used mostly Russian in schools.

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

Sounds semitic + slavic as automatically identified. However closely it isn't like any. Turks on average don't like how that sounds.

[Padre Organtino]

Sounds semitic + slavic as automatically identified. However closely it isn't like any. Turks on average don't like how that sounds.

How do you percieve other Caucasus languages like Circassian?

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

How do you percieve other Caucasus languages like Circassian?

Georgian is the only one that sounds almost human to me.

[Padre Organtino]

Georgian is the only one that sounds almost human to me.

Haha, have you heard Laz?

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

Haha, have you heard Laz?

Never but I imagine it sounds like Georgian.

[Mordid]

Agreed with posters from above, sound like a combo of Slavic and Middle Eastern.

[Terek]

Sounds semitic + slavic as automatically identified. However closely it isn't like any. Turks on average don't like how that sounds.

Why? I am not offended I am curious, you are not the first that said that Chechen is an ugly language. Most people who hear it who don't know it they don't like it. What is so ugly and inhuman?

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

Why? I am not offended I am curious, you are not the first that said that Chechen is an ugly language. Most people who hear it who don't know it they don't like it. What is so ugly and inhuman?

Like arabic, those exaggerated gh kh bg xh xx oh annoy us.

[Bloodraven]

Like arabic, those exaggerated gh kh bg xh xx oh annoy us.

Things that make a language rich and unique, you mean.

[Terek]

Like arabic, those exaggerated gh kh bg xh xx oh annoy us.

Yeah, we've got the ċ, ġ, ċh, ẋ, q, q1 t1 and all these letters some are in Arabic. I would think Arabic alphabet is much better than Cyrillic for us except there is the problem with vowels. Latin alphabet as used in Ichkeria is best, now there is a problem that Cyrillic complicates everything and many people cannot write in Chechen :(

[Hurrem sultana]

i dont think its ugly at all

i think chinese/japanese/korean sounds ugly,,and finnic :D those are the only ugly languages

[Bloodraven]

Yeah, we've got the ċ, ġ, ċh, ẋ, q, q1 t1 and all these letters some are in Arabic. I would think Arabic alphabet is much better than Cyrillic for us except there is the problem with vowels. Latin alphabet as used in Ichkeria is best, now there is a problem that Cyrillic complicates everything and many people cannot write in Chechen :(

You guys should create a Cyrillic-Arabic hybrid alphabet.

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

Latin would be best for Vainakh language. Circassian would be better on Arabic has it has very limited vowels.

[eviline]

i think its quite similar georgian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgxxkFWdFnM i like this song

[eviline]

Latin would be best for Vainakh language. Circassian would be better on Arabic has it has very limited vowels.

latin?vainaxs were used georgian alphabet but they changed i think that would be great georgian alphabet because its only one caucasian alphabet i think that all caucaisan speaking people must unite

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

i think its quite similar georgian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgxxkFWdFnM i like this song

Do you even speak Georgian?

[rashka]

It sounds like Albanian.

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[eviline]

i am georgian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mP1v_ulJ5s georgian same man sings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgxxkFWdFnM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL38B0156AF1B90D9B

[Bozkurt_Karabash]

i am georgian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mP1v_ulJ5s georgian same man sings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgxxkFWdFnM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL38B0156AF1B90D9B

Why is your Meta ethnicity Germanic and not Kartvelian?

[Terek]

It sounds like Albanian.

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Albanian sounds not at all like Chechen.

[eviline]

i changed know :))))) i did not paid attention this
albanian looks like more latvian and a bit some words looks like italian

[Terek]

Male speaking.
Don't even try to say it's Slavic:

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[Onur]

It sounds to me like a mix of Albanian, Persian and Georgian.

Terek, can you say to me whats he saying from 2:03 to 2:09min? Buh balat be set... :)

I don't think this is an easy language to learn and speak.

[Linet]

Sounds Russian that suddently they throw Arabic phrases in it :icon_ask:

[Partizan]

It sounds like Georgian with German accent :)

[Kilohertz]

I hear a good bit of Slavic influences, along with Georgian and maybe Turkish-esque qualities. It's a little smoother than Georgian, though. So awesome!

[Illancha]

Anyone care to comment on how delicate female voices can make any language sound beautiful as per this video? Skip to 7:05 if you don't feel like watching the whole thing.

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I actually love my language. It is very expressive and concise at the same time. And it has plenty of subtleties which I feel are essential for artisitc manipulation.

[bella1407]

disgusting.

[Hurrem sultana]

It has a strong slavic sound

[inactive_member]

I noticed a few times people identified similarities between Slavic and totally unrelated languages to Slavic. To me the Chechen language does not even remotely sound Slavic. If you want to hear a non-Slavic language sounds similar to Slavic, then listen to Lithuanian or Latvian.

Chechen sounds to me as a language from the Caucasus with similar sounds to the middle-eastern languages. Somewhat.

[Hurrem sultana]

I noticed a few times people identified similarities between Slavic and totally unrelated languages to Slavic. To me the Chechen language does not even remotely sounds Slavic. If you want to hear a non-Slavic language sound similar to Slavic, then listen to Lithuanian or Latvian.

Chechen sounds to me as a language from the Caucasus with similar sounds to the middle-eastern languages. Somewhat.

I am sure it does not sound slavic to russians,but us outsiders it sounds,to me it sounds like a slavic language that i cant understand

[inactive_member]

I am sure it does not sound slavic to russians,but us outsiders it sounds,to me it sounds like a slavic language that i cant understand

I am not sure who you are referring to as ‘outsiders’ but as someone who can read and understand 4 Slavic languages I cannot hear the similarities between Slavic and Chechen.

[Hurrem sultana]

I am not sure who you are referring to as ‘outsiders’ but as someone who can read and understand 4 Slavic languages I cannot hear the similarities between Slavic and Chechen.

people that are in no touch with chechens whatsover,like i have never heard chechen live

thats outsider

people that are learned in langauges find it harder to "see similar sound",that is at least very well known

[inactive_member]

people that are in no touch with chechens whatsover,like i have never heard chechen live

thats outsider

people that are learned in langauges find it harder to "see similar sound",that is at least very well known

I was never exposed to the Chechen language. It's not the language that is commonly is spoken across eastern Europe.

We can find such outsiders who will hear the similarities between Slavic and Finnic language. Between Armenian and Portuguese. Between Mongolian and Japanese. The truth is the Slavic languages and the Chechen language are not even remotely similar. But if you hear the similarities...:)

[iNird]

They have interesting folklore. :)

I think it sounds like a hybrid of Slavic with some Turkish with some german. :D

[Vulcho]

Doesn't sound very Slavic to me. More like Turkish/Arabic. Probably Persian too, but I'm not familiar with Persian. Of course it sounds most similar to other Caucasian languages such as Georgian.
It sounds a bit evil to me. Like a language the bad guys in some movie will be speaking.

[Pontios]

Doesn't sound very Slavic to me. More like Turkish/Arabic. Probably Persian too, but I'm not familiar with Persian. Of course it sounds most similar to other Caucasian languages such as Georgian.
It sounds a bit evil to me. Like a language the bad guys in some movie will be speaking.

Western propaganda. :lol:

[Baldur]

They have interesting folklore. :)

I think it sounds like a hybrid of Slavic with some Turkish with some german. :D

Agreed with this ^

[Illancha]

disgusting.
Wow! Harsh words.


It sounds a bit evil to me. Like a language the bad guys in some movie will be speaking
Haha! Well Chechens have already been depicted as the bad guys in several movies.

Many people have told me that it sounds Slavic, but I really cannot see any similarity, maybe because I am a speaker and can therefore easily tell the difference. Also, it is an indigenious language so in its pure form, the way I speak it, it really has no outside influences.

[Illancha]

I found an audiobook, I actually found an audiobook in Chechen. How awesome is that! This is what proper Chechen sounds like.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0JPUJucu4

[Planpincieux]

Somewhat semitic. Sounds like a blend of Hebrew, Turkish + some odd central african and Japanese influence.

Hardly any slavic in it.

[baraSYR]

Your name is Terek and you are Caucasian ! Terek Cossaks were always in the state of war with caucasians.

[Szegedist]

Like a mixture between Semitic and Albanian. It sounds quite ancient too.

[Illancha]

Your name is Terek and you are Caucasian ! Terek Cossaks were always in the state of war with caucasians.
Terek is the name of one of our rivers in Chechnya.

[baraSYR]

Terek is the name of one of our rivers in Chechnya.

ohh :picard1:

[rashka]

Sounds nothing like Slavic. It sounds something like a mix of Japanese and Armenian and some Arabic.


http://youtu.be/r4q9aeAqYEM

[Minde]

sounds like boston bombing :)

[rashka]

Albanian sounds not at all like Chechen.

It does. Even Onur spotted it and I agree with his answer. There is some Persian/Armenian element to it - in the accents of the Chechen words.


Look at these Albanian videos- listen to their accent and listen to the above video of the Chechen teacher. Amazingly similar yet I am not surprised.

http://youtu.be/wRd8Fi_WiHo

http://youtu.be/LaLqGy2GdF0

[Kastrioti1443]

Chechen sounds totally like serbian, these explains the origin of serbs, but partially, because they iranians in true origin.

[Illancha]

It does. Even Onur spotted it and I agree with his answer. There is some Persian/Armenian element to it - in the accents of the Chechen words.


Chechen sounds totally like serbian, these explains the origin of serbs, but partially, because they iranians in true origin.
Oh dear! You guys are making me laugh.

Albanian actually sounds like French or Italian to me.

[Issy]

I'm not quite sure really, like a mix of Russian and Arabic? with a pinch of French perhaps..

[rashka]

Chechen sounds totally like serbian, these explains the origin of serbs, but partially, because they iranians in true origin.
You sound like a bloody troll. Go back to Chechnya where you belong. Those are your true FIS brothers.

[Kastrioti1443]

You sound like a bloody troll. Go back to Chechnya where you belong. Those are your true FIS brothers.

An iranian nigger like you can not tell the lord of the land to go away. In 20 years you mongrels will go back in Iran or will be smelted. You don't have much choices.

No one has forgotten.

[meAyin-sixteen]

lt sounds beautiful,,, a language from another planet. Those weird, emphasised voices... Almost like Arabic!:)

P.s.

l should say Apache Arabic:)

[Ushtari]

You sound like a bloody troll. Go back to Chechnya where you belong. Those are your true FIS brothers.
Chechen has obvious Slavic element to it wich automatically makes it closer sounding to Serbian than Albanian.

[turunian]

Chechen sounds totally like serbian, these explains the origin of serbs, but partially, because they iranians in true origin.

you're trolling

[Imamudin]

They have interesting folklore. :)

I think it sounds like a hybrid of Slavic with some Turkish with some german. :D

It's more the Albanian language that sounds like Turkish and Italian mixed.

[Raphacam]

When I was thinking about learning Chechen and people asked me about it, I said it was about a "Frenchman speaking bad Georgian".

The language sounds sweet, a characteristic I wouldn't attribute to most Caucasian languages. Probably because of rounded frontal vowels.