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   eisai (eisai@eientei.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 21:19:29 JST eisai
   The Greek language sounds very close to Russian, so it’s quite pleasant to listen to – for the Russian ear. You know when sometimes you have the desire to listen to something, but preferably without words, which you would understand? Greek remains sounding native, yet not understandable, which makes it perfect.
   
   There’s one thing that tips me off, though: the lack of palatalisation (softening on some consonants). When all the sounds are like that it’s like the speech is stripped of something important. And for this same reason, it also gives an impression of “spoken in prehistoric manner”, when that something, which was “stripped” has not come about yet.