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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Italian and Spanish: so that's why they sound so similar
So after an hour or so of typing into Google's search box, "sounds and language," "weird sounds in languages," "pronunciations," and so much more, I came across a website solely about the Italian language. For the longest time, I never knew Italian was a language because I always paired it with Spanish. After viewing this website, I don't feel as bad pairing Italian and Spanish together. It wasn't until I came across "Did You Know Italian Is Easy To Learn For Spanish And French Speakers?" on the website, that this feeling went away. After reading this brief article, I learned exactly what the article's title says and that Spanish is fairly close to sounding like Italian. The article shows the lexical similarity between languages through a very simple table. Whereas a 1 on the table means a lot of overlapping when it comes to vocabulary and a 0 would mean that there are no similarities in vocabulary.
I thought this was interesting comparing languages and seeing how some really do have the same qualities in some aspect. It was a surprise to see English only coming close to German. So yes, Spanish and Italian do share a high lexical similarity of .82 so that's why they sound so similar!
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This is so cool! I can't believe how similar most languages are. Great job! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this! How awesome is it that someone took the time to find the lexical similarities between languages! And you are right, Spanish and Italian are super similar. I have a friend who went to Italy, and she speaks Spanish, she got right along with the Italians on her trip , when she used her Spanish, far better than when she used her English. Its awesome how there are numbers to back up this relationship. Thanks for sharing.!
ReplyDeleteMy dad speaks Italian and I learned some Spanish in high school so I can always hear the similarities when he speaks it.
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