10 Difficult Asian-English Accents You’ll NEVER Guess
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❓🌏❓Can you tell which Asian country someone is from just by their English? Put your listening skills to the test and brag in the comments with your wins!
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I guessed correctly the Filipino, Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese, Korean. I thought Khazakstan was Mongolia 😂 (and I forgot about Vietnemese. oops)
I got Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Kazakhstan wrong.
For Cambodia, I thought it was Thailand. For Sri Lanka, I mistook it for Timor Leste. As for the Kazakhstan, I was completely lost. 🗿
The only two I missed were Sri Lanka (thought India) and Kazakhstan (thought Laos…you intentionally had speakers from the South :). But those were curveballs you threw at us, bud.
Amazing!
I only got Filipino Japanese Malaysian Chinese and Korean lol
OLLY I FORGOT WAS THAT THRICE A TWICE REFRENCE!!!!!!
I thought Kazakhstan was Mongolia.
How wrong could I be?
I only got Sri Lanka wrong, yay!
Got Filipino, Japanese, Malaysian, Cambodian, Korean, Vietnam right. I should have got Sri Lankan right, because I have Sri Lankan relatives, but I was thinking “Indian influence but not Indian” and kinda trying to hone in on it. And for Pakistan, I said Bangladesh…so I was still close.
And I feel like if I didn’t get Vietnamese, I should be ashamed, I spent the last 2 years learning it & will be there in 2 two weeks, but it was instantly recognisable for me.
And I think if given a couple of seconds longer I’d have got Kazakstan, because I was thinking Central Asia, and thinking “well, it’s not Mongolian…” and then Ollie said “Kazakhstan” and it’d have been where my mind would have gone next.
1 was easy: I was in The Philippines 🇵🇭 last year, 2022, and for 25+ years before. Thus, I know 😃.
I guessed 9 out of 10, only flunked japan
I only got Cambodia right somehow 😂 and I thought I’d do well, poor
😂It was tricky!!
Thanks for making me feel better about myself 😂 I have a Sri Lankan friend aswell, guess we should speak more 😅
Love this stuff, but man am I bad at it. I got Japanese, but then I was watching that ‘refrigerator’ just a few days ago 😛
Yes I will brag about getting Kazakhstan right in the comments lol I do have an advantage of having taught a group of teenagers back in 2014 English for a little while.
Cool!!
I’m surprised I got Japanese wrong. I thought I could easily pick Japanese having watched a few movies but nope. Filipino and Korean I got after hearing the clues but I thought Malaysian was Singaporean and Vietnamese was Thai.
I got Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Malaysian correct. I think Japanese and Korean I got immediately from the accents. Filipino took until the Spanish hint but I at least narrowed it down to SEA, similarly with Malaysia but it was between Indonesia and that. Vietnam I just saw the writing system and could guess.
Phew, copped Pakistan (husband) and Philippines (aunt) ! You should hear my Pakistani husband’s Irish accent and turn of phrase 😂 Great video
For #2, I’ve seen that clip with Saskia doing the IELTS mock exam before One estimate states that 25% of Sri Lankans speak English fluently — that figure is higher in Colombo, the economic capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankans will point out that Indian English has a more r-heavy pronunciation, a more dynamic intonation, and a faster pace. On the other hand, Sri Lankan English is non-rhotic and typically has a more static intonation and a slower pace. I seem to be the only one who has noticed, but the “er” in words like “pERson” or “buttER” is a schwa sound in Sri Lankan English and often an “aw” sound in Indian English. If I hear someone say “buttAW,” that’s the giveaway for me that they are not from Sri Lanka! I met someone with this “buttAW” pronunciation — they were from Hyderabad in India!
Vietnamese people have struggles with not only English but also others European Languages as well. I’m a Vietnamese, have learned German for 2 years and now i’m a German teacher. They always drop the sounds in the end of a world. 😅😅
I lived for two years in Kazakhstan. Amazing country and amazing people. Being from Latin America (Mexico) was hard for me to communicate at first. But I loved it. Got it right!
I didn’t guess.
I meet these people everyday, I’m a bus driver in Oxford. I heard every accents in the world.