Coolest Slavic Language

[GMantis]

Based on the previous polls about the Germanic and Romance languages. I tried to compromise between listing too many languages and making too few distinctions, so I grouped some languages who are too similar (if they are separate languages at all).
I don't think I'm neutral to participate in the poll, but I'm interested in others' opinions.
Here is a website with short clips from most Slavic languages: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1250126

[RosettaStoned]

Russian, obviously.

[GMantis]

Russian, obviously.

If it wasn't for the palatalization and the grammar, I would almost agree.

[GMantis]

It seems the few that have voted mostly agree with you, Rosetta. Of course, considering that Russian is the only Slavic language most posters here are familar with, it's not surprising.

[AkSaber]

It seems the few that have voted mostly agree with you, Rosetta. Of course, considering that Russian is the only Slavic language most posters here are familar with, it's not surprising.

Yeah, this is true for me. Russian is the only language of the ones listed that I've heard in some detail. But I really do like the way it sounds. I even like how the Russian alphabet is written too.

[GMantis]

Russian is the only language of the ones listed that I've heard in some detail.

Well, this site is a good place to hear more

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It's not that different from the alphabets of other Slavic languages that use cyrillic.

[RosettaStoned]

It seems the few that have voted mostly agree with you, Rosetta. Of course, considering that Russian is the only Slavic language most posters here are familar with, it's not surprising.

Whats your favorite Dessie?

[GMantis]

It seems the few that have voted mostly agree with you, Rosetta. Of course, considering that Russian is the only Slavic language most posters here are familar with, it's not surprising.

Whats your favorite Dessie?

Bulgarian, of course. But I haven't voted yet.

[AkSaber]

Well, this site is a good place to hear more

Ooooo. Thanks man. Very interesting. I didn't like the Slovakian, or the Czech. But the Serbian I did. (not surprising because Serbian is spoken in Grand Theft Auto 4) The Bosnian, Croatian, and Macedonian were nice too. Must be a Western Balkan thing. But my favorite was the Bulgarian. No joke, I really liked it. To me, it had many similarities to how Russian sounds.

It's not that different from the alphabets of other Slavic languages that use cyrillic.

Hmm, well I'll be. I suppose I'm not completely stupid. I mean I did notice the Cyrillic while watching the Bulgarian and Serbian news videos.

[GMantis]

Ooooo. Thanks man. Very interesting. I didn't like the Slovakian, or the Czech. But the Serbian I did. (not surprising because Serbian is spoken in Grand Theft Auto 4) The Bosnian, Croatian, and Macedonian were nice too. Must be a Western Balkan thing. But my favorite was the Bulgarian. No joke, I really liked it. To me, it had many similarities to how Russian sounds.

Thanks Most foreigners consider Bulgarian to sound rather harsh, so it's good to see an exception. The comment about Russian is strange, though - most Bulgarians find Russian pronunciation the hardest part of learning the language - and I should know, considering I studied it for four years.
And Bosnian and Croatian are almost the same as Serbian - would be interesting if any one could distinguish the same recording in the three different languages. (Bulgarian and Macedonian are also very similar, but not to this extent).

[AkSaber]

Thanks Most foreigners consider Bulgarian to sound rather harsh, so it's good to see an exception. The comment about Russian is strange, though - most Bulgarians find Russian pronunciation the hardest part of learning the language - and I should know, considering I studied it for four years.
And Bosnian and Croatian are almost the same as Serbian - would be interesting if any one could distinguish the same recording in the three different languages. (Bulgarian and Macedonian are also very similar, but not to this extent).

You're welcome. I don't get why many say Bulgarian is harsh. The words flowed very nicely, and sounded gentle to pronounce. I'll take your word for it that Russian and Bulgarian have different pronunciations. Seeing as how I'm not even a novice in this area....

I was wondering about Croatian and Bosnian being similar to Serbian. I mean they were part of the same country for several decades. Some lingering similarities are a given.

[GMantis]

You're welcome. I don't get why many say Bulgarian is harsh. The words flowed very nicely, and sounded gentle to pronounce. I'll take your word for it that Russian and Bulgarian have different pronunciations. Seeing as how I'm not even a novice in this area....

I thought you had studied some Russian, but perhaps I'm confusing you with someone else.
To be fair, those who say that Bulgarian is harsh usually speak other Slavic languages. I've noticed that Slavic languages face the most contempt from speakers of other Slavic languages: Bulgarians thinking that Serbian is degraded Bulgarian and Vice versa, Russians regarding Belarusian as peasant's argot and Ukrainian as Polonised Russian, Ukrainians calling Russian a language of the underworld and so on...

I was wondering about Croatian and Bosnian being similar to Serbian. I mean they were part of the same country for several decades. Some lingering similarities are a given.

Well, I'm not really a specialist, but I can't really distinguish them. Here's a good article on the topic - if rather lengthy. I would say that the Yugoslav wars have had an even stronger effect in the opposite direction -  a desire to make the languages seem as different as possible.