How does Icelandic sound to you?

[Styggnacke]

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[Christian552]

Sounds like Spanish. O.o

[Styggnacke]

Bump.

[billErobreren]

I love this language. To me it's always sounded a bit like Swedish only not as melodic


Sounds like Spanish. O.o

It's not the first time I hear this:laugh: I thinks it's the way they roll the Rs & when speaking English their accents are very heavy much like those of Spaniards. I've also heard people compare it to Finnish:)

[Sikeliot]

Sounds like something between Spanish (the r sound) and Swedish.

[Peyrol]

IMHO, from a southern perspective the pronunciation is very skandinavian.

[mihaitzateo]

It sounds nice.But I was expecting that the language that vikings were talking would sound more harsh.

[Graham]

From what I've heard of old English, it reminds me of that.

[Comte Arnau]

Interesting. Familiar and exotic at a time. Scandinavian in a sort of old solid form.

Liked those r's of them, so Iberianoid. :D

I include an interview where all I say is obvious. :)



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[Gaztelu]

I don't understand how this sounds like Spanish.

It sounds more like Finnish or Swedish IMO.

[Styggnacke]

I don't understand how this sounds like Spanish.

It sounds more like Finnish or Swedish IMO.
I definitely think that there are phonetic similarities with Icelandic and Finnish and Finland Swedish (which is an archaic dialect of Swedish).

[The Ripper]

I definitely think that there are phonetic similarities with Icelandic and Finnish and Finland Swedish (which is an archaic dialect of Swedish).

I think it was an Icelander who mentioned that they are often mistaken for Finns when they're abroad, due to their accent.

Also, Icelandic is more archaic compared to the other Scandinavian languages, and Finnish (and Estonian) have preserved similar archaic pronounciations of some Germanic loans. :)

[Äike]

Icelandic sounds like Swedish or Norwegian with a Finnic accent.

[SilverKnight]

Its accent.

Nordic-Spanish.

[Aivap]

probably swedish and norwegian.

spanish? lol

[Odoacer]

Sounds like Viking. :viking ship
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[Útrám]

All of those videos are in the modern tongue. Here is some old Icelandic(aka Norse) spoken by yours truly.
I base the cadence on recent phonological reconstructions, made by historians.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Ou65xxjsnr

[Jackson]

Yeah, definitely sounds Scandinavian but there is something about it that sounds a bit like Old English to some extent too. But it sounds distinct from it's modern language. It sounds more different from, for example, Danish or Norwegian, than Swedish does, at least to my ears. Quite interesting sounding.

[Útrám]

Yeah, definitely sounds Scandinavian but there is something about it that sounds a bit like Old English to some extent too. But it sounds distinct from it's modern language. It sounds more different from, for example, Danish or Norwegian, than Swedish does, at least to my ears. Quite interesting sounding.

I've perceived that as well. When I read Beowulf in it's original text I understood much of it well, rather too well, even more so than what some Anglophones reportedly have.
But why would that be? It's simply because Norse did in fact influence Old English. (http://books.google.is/books?id=1vj0-f_U1SQC&pg=PA86&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)


The second major source of loanwords to Old English were the Scandinavian words introduced during the Viking invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries

[Anglojew]

Similar rhythm as English.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Sounds like Proto-Indo-European:p

[Hochmeister]

It is very Latvian/Estonian to me. At least Swedish.

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[Sultan Suleiman]

Like an ungodly union of Bjorknise and Spanish :D

[Veneda]

Sounds to me very icy and slippery :)

[Žołnir]

To me somehow different to other Germanic languages. Altho maybe it is just becouse of this reporter in this clip. Send some more vid's also songs, etc.

[Atlantic Islander]

Interesting.

[MinervaItalica]

Japanese.

[Zroota]

probably swedish and norwegian.

spanish? lol
It's because of the fricative "th" sound and the frequent rolled R usage (European Spanish does both frequently).

By that logic I guess English and Spanish would sound alike as well because they both use "th", or Greek even.

I can hear the Spanish similarities, but I'd say it sounds more Slavic. You can say it's a lovechild of Slavic languages and Iberian Spanish. Lol.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2h87p-AQnM

[Finnish Swede]

Some has said that Närpes dialect of Swedish (in Finland) reminds most of Icelandic (of all Swedish language dialects).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gv8tAkn7lo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVYQJ3s0pFo&feature=related


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etIgFEaTNZ8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzNg1jL-4s


LOL :notworth:.

What you think?

[Zroota]

Some has said that Närpes dialect of Swedish (in Finland) reminds most of Icelandic (of all Swedish language dialects).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzz5d26u0yU

LOL. What you think?
I don't hear it personally. This sounds more like German and Frisian but without the guttural sounds.

[Finnish Swede]

I don't hear it personally. This sounds more like German and Frisian but without the guttural sounds.

Ok. Thanks. In any cases I added some other samples/videos (into that earlier post).

Title above video:
Närpesdialekt mest likt fornnordiska språket = Närpes dialect the most like pre-Scandinavian language

[Aren]

Närpes dialect just sounds like a more archaic Finland-Swedish. You can clearly hear the the Finnish input in the pronuncation, just like with other Finland-Swedish dialects although it's sounds more like standard Swedish.
Nynorsk, or some dialects of Nynorsk sound the closest fo Icelandic imo.