Out of spoken Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin, which sounds the best to you?

[Almondandlime]

Just based on how it sounds.

 

For me it's

1.)Japanese

2.)Korean

3.)Mandarin.

 

Nothing really beats the soft melodic open syllables of Japanese

 

I like how Mandarin sounds in music, but in speech....not so much. Though some dialects sound nicer than others.

[DRIP DROP]

Japanese

[simkunghye]

Japanese sounds the best spoken

 

Korean sounds the best being sung

 

Mandarin is really strange to hear in singing......

[Hypertonic]

We have the exact same ranking so i'm not gonna list.  

[Nimz]

Same as yours for me.

[abra]

I like Japanese the most, except for when they're too high-pitched. Mandarin can sound very soothing when spoken calmly so that's second. Korean third.

[Janny]

Hmm I would say Japanese was my favorite sound-wise if it wasn't for the voices being generally one octave higher than your average voice... and it's not even that Japanese people just have higher voices by nature. At least I don't think so, since my voice literally goes one octave higher by itself when I speak Japanese. It's in the intonation of the language, me thinks.

 

So as such, Japanese and Korean are tied at 1 for me.

Mandarin second. 

[YNRA]

korean, then japanese, then mandarin

[Kim Seolhyun]

Japanese sounds the best spoken

 

Korean sounds the best being sung

 

Mandarin is really strange to hear in singing......

tbh

[night vale.]

I like Mandarin the best, then Japanese and Korean

[alexjordan:-)xo]

Korean sounds very romantic to me!

[NELLO-HOPE]

 

We have the exact same ranking so i'm not gonna list.  

 

[wiaraewiwiarae]

Japanese. It sounds generally pleasant, the consonant-vowel system is music to my ears. 

Chinese sounds cute and expressive.

Korean sounds like an espresso machine to me - I can't tell apart a lot of sounds.

 

Possibly it's because every sound that Japanese has, my native language has, which can't be said about Chinese and Korean.

[Almondandlime]

Hmm I would say Japanese was my favorite sound-wise if it wasn't for the voices being generally one octave higher than your average voice... and it's not even that Japanese people just have higher voices by nature. At least I don't think so, since my voice literally goes one octave higher by itself when I speak Japanese. It's in the intonation of the language, me thinks.

 

So as such, Japanese and Korean are tied at 1 for me.

Mandarin second.

I also think English is just lower in general too. Whenever I try to speak any other language my voice goes up.

[ari]

japanese is so smooth i love it

[tsuki2]

The same order as you OP

[Janny]

I also think English is just lower in general too. Whenever I try to speak any other language my voice goes up.

 

My mother tongue isn't even English and it's still an octave lower than Japanese (but higher than English). It's about the same wavelength than Korean, which is why frequency-wise, I think Korean seems to be the most soothing to my ears. In other aspects, like the way words are pronounced etc., I prefer Japanese though. Maybe because... Japanese is generally pretty similar in pronounciation to my mother tongue. lol Hence, the two are tied. :'D 

[Almondandlime]

Japanese. It sounds generally pleasant, the consonant-vowel system is music to my ears. 

Chinese sounds cute and expressive.

Korean sounds like an espresso machine to me - I can't tell apart a lot of sounds.

 

Possibly it's because every sound that Japanese has, my native language has, which can't be said about Chinese and Korean.

I have the same problem with Korean tbh. Even though I already know a fair amount of Korean, my verbal comprehension is still really bad. I understand like 4x more when it's written out compared to spoken. On the other hand, Japanese just tends to be super clear with pronunciation. Mandarin is in the middle for me. But then again I can't tell tones apart so I'm just basing off the consonants/vowels.

[StarShapedGummy]

Cantonese 

[Almondandlime]

Cantonese 

Cantonese is my favorite language for music

[Nintat]

Japanese

Mandarin

Korean

 

Though I prefer Korean when sung than Mandarin, but spoken I find Mandarin more beautiful.

[StarShapedGummy]

Cantonese is my favorite language for music

you must be a wiser cat... there hasn't been good cantonese music in a long time... 

 

cantonese is the best language for rapping... that much i know!

[Goten21]

Mandarin = Japanese > Korean

[Almondandlime]

you must be a wiser cat... there hasn't been good cantonese music in a long time... 

 

cantonese is the best language for rapping... that much i know!

Yeah I know and it makes me sad. But I get excited even when I find an ok Canto song.

[h0neanias]

Spoken Japanese definitely; then Mandarin and Korean, about the same. Sung, however, I prefer Korean to the other two.