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Originally Posted by pholy
Wow, my IPA chart shows 28 vowel sounds all together! I'm sure I can't identify all my 14, let alone distinguish or produce them all. BTW, Italian has the same 5 vowels as Spanish, all open-throated, which is why everybody likes to sing in Italian. The hardest part for English singers is to keep the vowels pure.
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Sorry - I didn't remember that correctly
It's 17 sounds for German and 21 or 22 for Danish. Still a lot though
I've also heard that Spanish is relatively easy to learn, because it's pronounced fairly much the way it's spelled/written - in comparison with e.g. French (or Danish, for that matter).