What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners

"Languages" I speak in this video include UK English, US English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, South Korean, North Korean, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew. Let me know which is your favorite!

By the way, in case it wasn't clear, this is a comedy video -- I am not now and have never been an employee of the CIA, and the only languages in this video I can legitimately claim to be able to speak are English, Mandarin, and (very basic!) Cantonese.

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[Barium_HydrOxide]

The fact that he got the accents perfectly without saying a word that made sense

[theominousbladestreamarchi]

As an Italian he sounds like he’s advertising a mattress

[TobiAnimados]

This is a great example of gibberish with identifiable accents of the world.

[Sky-Explores]

bro ate the duolingo bird💀


btw, he ate it raw

[littlefluffy]

...It's strange how if you weren't paying attention, the English ones sound like words or a background convo but if you actually listen, _then_ you catch the gibberish

[yuuseung]

People are overreacting. He made this video to know what foreigners hears, and what our accent sounds like to them. It's pretty hard to hear what we sound like when you understand what he's saying.

[taylorzhang]

When speaking "American English", you sound straight from the Sims lolz

[octium]

Me listening to other languages: wtf are you saying?
Me listening to my language(s): WTF ARE YOU SAYING!?!?

[kleptomaniagta]

This guy would make a good politician: what he says sounds perfectly right, but it means absolutely nothing

[dinkyandthediamonds]

My sims when I choose the “argue” option.

[wilsonsguitarlounge]

As a foreigner to all of these languages I can confirm that this is in fact how I hear foreign language.

[oblivion]

It's like listening to a movie without subtitles.

[Jn_momo]

For natives, his german sounds just like a German movie character in Hollywood movies lmao

[radioheadlover]

The English ones sound like an English conversation when you're not listening.

[officerdoofy]

Me speaking english: "as if we sound like that"
*does it for other languages*
Me: "is he actually saying something in Russian?"

[Frenzy.]

When you hear your native language it sounds like you're supposed to understand it but you just don't

[glamfern]

If the sims had an “around the world” expansion pack

[imfinallyfree]

He's really got the "melody" of every language down

[BioHazard]

When he started actually speaking English at the end I got confused for a second when I started understanding things

[trancemitter]

1:00 As a Japanese it sound like “you are cherry boy yes”