Who speaks faster Spanish or French?

One 2011 study from the Université de Lyon looked at 7 languages, which reported the order as Japanese (7.84 syllables per second), Spanish (7.82), French (7.18), Italian (6.99), English (6.19), German (5.97) and Mandarin (5.18).
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Which language speaks the fastest?

1. Japanese:

Japanese is the fastest recorded language. It has a rate of 7.84 syllables per second.
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Is Spanish the fastest spoken language?

The table below shows the results of the speed analysis. Per the results, Japanese is the fastest spoken language from the 17 languages that they studied. Spanish is in second place with around 8-9 syllables spoken per second, whereas, English is in eight place with around 6-7 syllables spoken per second.
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Why do Spanish talk so fast?

A Spanish speaker would almost always link the vowel sounds and pronounce the whole thing as a single word: Todoestoestaquí (To-does-toes-ta-quí). This is another factor that makes Spanish seem faster than English.
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Which language is more powerful French or Spanish?

While Spanish is the fourth most spoken language, spoken by approximately 534 million people, French is the fifth most spoken language in the world, at 280 million speakers.
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What is harder French or Spanish?

Spanish is arguably somewhat easier for the first year or so of learning, in large part because beginners may struggle less with pronunciation than their French-studying colleagues. However, beginners in Spanish have to deal with dropped subject pronouns and four words for "you," while French only has two.
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Is French or Spanish easier?

In terms of grammar, French is less flexible than Spanish and learners will find it easier to learn a language with a regular grammar and regular patterns. There are a lot of other differences between the two languages but neither is easier than the other.
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Who speaks faster Spanish or Italian?

One 2011 study from the Université de Lyon looked at 7 languages, which reported the order as Japanese (7.84 syllables per second), Spanish (7.82), French (7.18), Italian (6.99), English (6.19), German (5.97) and Mandarin (5.18).
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What is the fastest Spanish accent?

The Caribeño (Caribbean) Accent

First, those who live in the Caribbean tend to speak insanely fast, so fast in fact, that sometimes even native Spanish speakers from other countries can't understand what's being said. Second, many words in Caribbean Spanish are often cut down, which also makes the words run together.
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What race speaks Spanish the most?

Mexico has the most speakers with 110 million. Colombia is second in line. The USA is tied with Argentina at about 41 million. Next, comes Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala and Cuba.
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Should I learn French or Spanish?

If you live in the United States or plan to travel throughout Latin America, Spanish is probably going to be much more useful to you. However, if you're in Canada, or planning to travel or do business there, knowing French is going to be more helpful — it's an official language of the country, after all.
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Is Spanish the 2nd most spoken?

Spanish (548+ million speakers)

Spanish is the second most widely spoken language globally in terms of native speakers. In addition, it is the most spoken of the Romance languages and the third most used on the internet.
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How long does it take to fluent Spanish?

According to an FSI study, i.e. the Foreign Service Institute, it should take a new learner approximately 600 classroom hours to achieve conversational fluency in Spanish. They also suggest an approximate 1:1 ratio between the time spent independently studying Spanish and the time spent in a classroom.
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What is the #1 language?

1. English – 1,121 million speakers. It is the most widely spoken language in the world because of the global impact of England and the United States in the last three centuries.
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What is the hardest language to speak fluently?

Mandarin

As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the most difficult language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.
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What is the slowest language to speak?

Mandarin is the slowest recorded language with a rate as low as 5.18 syllables per second.
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What is the coolest Spanish accent?

In general discussion, 'best' usually means an accent that is clearly spoken, with proper annunciation, and easily understood across the Spanish-speaking world. Some people claim that for these reasons, Colombia has the best Spanish accent. Others say that Peru and Ecuador have the best Spanish accent.
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Who speaks the purest Spanish?

Tied with Mexico for the purest Spanish in Latin America, Colombia is an obvious choice for the best Spanish speaking country for language study.
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Who speaks the clearest Spanish?

Two countries which are recognized for a clearly spoken, standardized accent are Colombia and Costa Rica; while there are indigenous languages spoken by some citizens, the primary language is Spanish.
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Which Spanish country speaks the fastest?

Chile. Chilean Spanish is so fast and distinctive that even native Spanish speakers have trouble understanding it. (Yikes!) Chileans are speed demons when it comes to speaking, so fair warning.
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What is the easiest language to learn?

15 of the easiest languages to learn for English speakers -...
  • Frisian. Frisian is thought to be one of the languages most closely related to English, and therefore also the easiest for English-speakers to pick up. ...
  • Dutch. ...
  • Norwegian. ...
  • Spanish. ...
  • Portuguese. ...
  • Italian. ...
  • French. ...
  • Swedish.
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What states have the fastest talkers?

Minnesota took home the gold as the state with the fastest talking residents, clocking in at 5.34 syllables per second, followed by Oregon, Iowa, Kansas and North Dakota.
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Is French or Spanish closer to English?

For Spanish and French, their lexical similarity is about 75%. In comparison, Spanish and English have a lexical similarity of only 30-50%, and French and English of only 40-50%. That's because not only are the Spanish and French languages neighbors, but from the same family of romance languages.
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Can Spanish and French understand each other?

A Spanish person would be able to read and understand a lot of the written French, but having a conversation would be very difficult.
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Can Duolingo make you fluent?

We see this question a lot and the answer is: yes. Duolingo is a free language-learning platform, and every language and lesson is totally free!
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