Why does Spanish sound 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. The sooner you embrace this reality, the better you'll get at teasing words apart.
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Do Spanish speakers speak faster?

Well, turns out it's not just a perception but a scientific fact that Spaniards speak faster on average than English speakers.
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Why is Spanish faster than English?

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. In other words, Spanish native speakers speak 25% more quickly than English native speakers.
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Why does Spanish sounds so hot?

What makes the Spanish accent so sexy: Spanish speakers have a “Latin temperament”. People associate that with passionate acts like dancing and living life to the full. Because of the seductive tone of the voice pretty much anything sounds sexy (as seen in the video below).
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What is the fastest language in the world?

1. Japanese:

Japanese is the fastest recorded language. It has a rate of 7.84 syllables per second.
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What is the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.
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Which languages will go extinct in the future?

The 15 languages that could soon be extinct
  • Resígaro. In 2016, Rosa Andrade Ocagane, the last female speaker of the Amazonian language was murdered in Peru at age 67.
  • Chulym. Russia's 2010 census revealed just 44 speakers of the Chulym Turks' language. ...
  • Mudburra. ...
  • Patwin. ...
  • Ainu. ...
  • Chamicuro. ...
  • Vod. ...
  • Chemehuevi.
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What language is the most attractive?

If there is a language which draws a unanimous worldwide consent regarding its beauty, it is French. According to several informal online surveys, there seems to be a general infatuation for spoken French all over the world. French has been described as smooth, flowing, elegant and aesthetically pleasing.
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What's the nicest Spanish accent?

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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Why is speaking Spanish so attractive?

Some people find Spanish attractive because of how it sounds, or the accent. It's a much softer language and it can sound more poetic. There's also this idea of Latins as sexy and exotic and some people connect that to anyone speaking Spanish.
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Why is English such a slow language?

There are a number of reasons why English is spoken relatively slowly. Firstly, English has 20 vowel sounds. This means that the mouth has to be in 20 different positions to make all those noises. That requires agility and takes time.
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Is English spoken slower?

English is actually one of the slowest spoken languages in the world, behind Mandarin Chinese. ... As it turns out, English and Mandarin syllables are among the most data-dense in the world, which is why they are spoken the slowest, at respective paces of 6.19 and 5.18 syllables per second.
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Why is Spanish so hard?

As you may have seen, Spanish has many more grammatical difficulties than most other languages. While other languages lack gender in nouns or their irregular verbs have similarities with the infinitive, Spanish has different laws that make it difficult to learn even for native speakers.
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Is Spanish easier than English?

Spanish. Social media informalIy tells me there's an overwhelming consensus: English is WAY harder for Spanish-speakers to learn.
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Is Spanish a hard language?

No matter what your mother tongue is, Spanish is generally one of the easiest languages to learn, as it shares some unexpected similarities with many languages. Of course, Spanish still has challenges that may be different for speakers of different languages.
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Who speaks the purest Spanish?

One reason Colombian Spanish is considered to be the most pure, is because, compared to other Spanish-speaking countries, it has little influence from other countries or languages.
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What is the hardest Spanish to learn?

If you're an expat in Chile, you've most likely heard one of the following phrases:
  • Chilean Spanish is different from the Spanish you learn in class.
  • Even native Spanish speakers have trouble understanding Chileans.
  • Chilean Spanish is the hardest Spanish to learn.
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What country speaks correct 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 is the sweetest language?

If a message circulating on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook is to be believed, Bengali has been voted the sweetest language in the world. Conducted by Unesco, the vote ranks Spanish and Dutch as the second and third sweetest tongues respectively.
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What is the youngest language?

Rich in idiom and emotion, Afrikaans was born 340 years ago in the homes of South Africa's white Dutch, German and French settlers. Not only is it the world's youngest national language, it is one of the smallest, with just 13 million speakers.
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What language is dying?

Ainu. This language has become critically endangered because only 10 speakers native to the Japanese Islands can speak it fluently. Ainu is an oral language, and it does not have any relation with known languages.
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What is the easiest language to learn first?

And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…
  1. Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers. ...
  2. Swedish. ...
  3. Spanish. ...
  4. Dutch. ...
  5. Portuguese. ...
  6. Indonesian. ...
  7. Italian. ...
  8. French.
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