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The Best Sounding Languages In The World

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Shaunie Webster See Profile
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Which language is the most beautiful in the world? No doubt, there is no answer to this question, because each language is beautiful and unique in its own way. But to be realistic, some languages are more “phonetically pleasing” and make us feel different emotions. Today, we have compiled a list of the languages, which are commonly considered as “nice-sounding”.

The Best Sounding Languages In The World
Japanese
#1 -

Japanese

Native speakers: 128 million
Language Family: Japonic

217
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Portuguese
#2 -

Portuguese

Native speakers: 250 million
Language Family: Indo-European

183
28
French
#3 -

French

Native speakers: 76.8 million
Language Family: Indo-European

176
27
Italian
#4 -

Italian

Native speakers: 67 million
Language Family: Indo-European

175
26
Spanish
#5 -

Spanish

Native speakers: 489 million
Language Family: Indo-European

175
27
English
#6 -

English

Native speakers: 360-400 million
Language Family: Indo-European

175
27
Norwegian
#7 -

Norwegian

Native speakers: 5.32 million
Language Family: Indo-European

177
31
Greek
#8 -

Greek

Native speakers: 13.5 million
Language Family: Indo-European

176
31
Irish
#9 -

Irish

Native speakers: 170 thousand
Language Family: Indo-European

169
25
Estonian
#10 -

Estonian

Native speakers: 1.1 million
Language Family: Indo-European

172
28
Hebrew
#11 -

Hebrew

Native speakers: 9 million
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

168
27
Ukrainian
#12 -

Ukrainian

Native speakers: 35 million
Language Family: Indo-European

167
27
Russian
#13 -

Russian

Native speakers: 150 million
Language Family: Indo-European

166
27
German
#14 -

German

Native speakers: 95 million
Language Family: Indo-European

161
27
Swedish
#15 -

Swedish

Native speakers: 10 million
Language Family: Indo-European

159
28
Dutch
#16 -

Dutch

Native speakers: 24 million
Language Family: Indo-European

155
29
Finnish
#17 -

Finnish

Native speakers: 5.8 million
Language Family: Indo-European

155
29
Persian
#18 -

Persian

Native speakers: 70 million
Language Family: Indo-European

156
30
Icelandic
#19 -

Icelandic

Native speakers: 314 thousand
Language Family: Indo-European

142
20
Bulgarian
#20 -

Bulgarian

Native speakers: 8-9 million
Language Family: Indo-European

141
24
Arabic
#21 -

Arabic

Native speakers: 310 million
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

156
41
Turkish
#22 -

Turkish

Native speakers: 75.7 million
Language Family: Turkic

151
38
Urdu
#23 -

Urdu

Native speakers: 68.62 million
Language Family: Indo-European

146
36
Hindi
#24 -

Hindi

Native speakers: 322 million
Language Family: Indo-European

149
45
Chinese
#25 -

Chinese

Native speakers: 1.2 billion
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

153
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