Most Annoying Languages

The Top Ten
1 Chinese

I'm living in a university residence, shared with three international Chinese girls, who I'm guessing have been friends for a while and have applied to room together. The walls are thin and they are always in the common area which is right next to my room. It always sounds like they're shouting at each other. In fact, they do shout at each other from the balcony of the second floor to the first floor. They also often invite their friends over, and it just seems like there is always either a party or a fight going on right outside my door. One time, for once in my life, I was trying to sleep pretty early (around 11pm) on a weekday, and they had invited people over, and were talking and laughing so loud, then like 20 minutes later, one of their friends, started crying - and not just crying but whining and yelling and sobbing. This lasted another 20 minutes. I wanted to scream, and I gave up sleeping. I also don't understand why this girl who doesn't even live in our dorm, is always here - showering, eating, and just lying on our couch, and one of their guy friends always has to make it known he is here, announcing his entry by screaming.
To be fair, they are actually pretty nice when I run into them, but it's like as soon as my door shuts, they think I can't hear them.
It just pisses me off how inconsiderate and ignorant they are.

That was my anonymous rant. Five more months to go. Wish me luck.

2 Arabic

In this list Arabic should be number 1 not number 2. I am a half-Arab myself. (My mother is kordish). If you ask me what language sounds horrible in the Middle East I would say it's Arabic, even in the whole world! Only a biased Arab would say it's a "beautiful-sounding" language or it is "perfect" and nonsense like that. No language is perfect, but some of them do sound softer or harsher than others. Trying to say the equivalents of these words in Arabic will make you almost puke, especially 10 times or more: seller, lost, pressed, slaughtered, boiled potato, etc. Also, in Arabic they cannot pronounce these sounds /p/, /3/, /tsh/ (as in chin), /g/. Imagine a language without /g/ and /p/. They call police "bolice". There are even real cases when an Arab in the UK told the police officer if he can "bark" his car. The officer assured him that he can bark. The Arab PARKED his car in the wrong spot but on his return was surprised why the officer had fined him!

3 Hindi

Hindi has a mix of properties that many find annoying, the high proportion of stop consonants to fricatives can make it sound quite choppy. Also the fact that it's a syllable timed language, to speakers of stress timed languages like English this can come across as a little soulless, also adding to the impression of choppiness.

Every language has a beauty of its own and every nation subjectively considers

Its own language the most beautiful so please stop hating.

People act as if English is the best language ever, I am sorry but there are still very kind people better than most English speaking people in the world.

4 French

There are words in French that do not translate into any other language that explicitly express situation of love. For example. Retrovialles: the feeling you get when you see someone after a long physical separation. Surely one of the less annoying language.

And when saying that 40% of French words are English, you must learn that it's the contrary, 40% (even 45% depending of sources) of English words have French origins. With around 80,000 words, and here we count only words imported directly from French. By searching correctly, you will find these facts on internet.

All the rest is just voting French annoying language because of uncultivated way of acting.

I think French is one of the most annoying languages along with Chinese. Nasal, extremely effeminate, I'm just a few steps away from throwing up when I have to endure the sound of of the French language. To make things worse, native speakers of French are usually very much in love with their own language. They usually can't stop raving about how beautiful their language is and so much better than anything else (how ironic, the average francophone knows only French, so what a judgment call based on hardly antyhing! ). Well, even though French has its fair share of fans, a lot of people dislike the language. But most French speakers seem to have missed that fact. Navel-gazers first class.

5 Swedish

They make weird noises, Norwegian doesn't make that weird noise that Swedish makes, and Danish sounds like a potato in your mouth. Swedes are nice enough I guess, just kind of shy and cold, which makes them seem rude

Its honestly whatever, no one cares a out them but I hate their accent when they speak English. Its like they're trying so hard to be us. they're good looking but their culture and wannabe-english speakers make them seem like losers.

The comment which said Spanish accent, nobody in Sweden got a Spanish accent, except for the ones from Spain who isn't born in Sweden. Sweden is very north in Europe, Spain is very south, almost in Africa.

6 Spanish

Spanish from Mexico, Central and South America, is very low class and ghetto, It sounds very cholo/chola. Like your on government food stamps and have a lot of babies and live in a bad area

I've learned Korea, Spanish, Italian, and listen to Chinese almost everyday.
Italian is very lyrical. Generally, people speak as if they are singing. Korean and Chinese can be spoken in a very tacky way as if they are from the South. Korean can be toned down by speakers. So can Chinese. Spanish is the opposite of lyrical. Its almost as if speakers think the louder the better. Louder isn't better. Its annoying and down there with Russian and German language. a lot of these annoying languages don't bear concept of lyricism in their languages so people just speak it fast and loud as if they work in a lumber yard.

Horrible, pretentious, and superficial language. It grates on your nerves - no character or soul whatsoever. Spanish is not as important as hispanics wrongly believe it to be. Portuguese is much more important internationally as it is at least spoken officially all over the world, with Brazil being the 5th strongest economy in the world right now! Spanish speaking countries, 80% of them, are nothing more than modern day banana republics, whose economies are insignificant.

Portuguese, which is the closest romance language to Spanish, sounds so much nicer and richer sounding.

7 Vietnamese

I came here because of Vietnamese. I had to search why some languages are annoying because of South East Asian languages are generally annoying, Vietnamese specially. I have Vietnamese friends, had Vietnamese roommate. They are great, lovely people. But, I wish I could cover my ears when I hear Vietnamese spoken. The same goes for Thai. The sound Vietnamese speakers make are similar to the loud, annoying chewing sound some people make while eating. Or it is the same sound cats make while drinking milk or water.

I've worked in a Vietnamese restaurant for about 9 months now. Their language sounds like a toddler incoherently shrieking and yelling at the top of their lungs, it's honestly headache-inducing. A normal conversation for them sounds like a screaming contest. I've never been forced to endure a more aggravating noise in my entire life. I embrace the sounds of my neighbor's misbehaving screaming child when I come home every day because at least he's not speaking Vietnamese.

8 Korean

We are just a little extra in that way ;). The language is truly beautiful though. I got these comments when I first moved here. It's just over time the way everyone else spoke reflected onto others. It's not the language, it's just the accent. Like how you all have southern accents. This language was also made to separate us from the chinese language, it was made by the King Sejong the Great and his scholar. Everyone's language is different, that's why there is no need to hate on anyone's language. This list shouldn't even exist honestly.

I agree with them above, it is a very disturbing language. When ever I try to watch Korean thrillers etc I can't take the persons seriously when they make a very disturbing whiny sound at the end of the sentences when they get upset or angry etc like if they are throuwing tantrums or something.Why would a grown up make little kid sounds I really don't get

9 Thai

Can't believe Thai is not in the 1st rank. When I first heard the language I thought it was a joke and that retarded accent was something people made intentionally- pretty shock afterwards to find out it was a real language. Thai is a language that you can never keep your straight face when hearing because it sounds so dumb and annoying, kudos to all businessmen out there who have had a successful business with Thai people.

This has got to be the most annoying sounding language on planet earth. It's like someone sat down and thought really hard about how to make the most irritating sounds a human being can form and made it a way of communication. Something about the nasal tone and "waaa" sound they frequently use frustrates me.

It sounds incredibly whiny and is the most irritating language I've ever heard, especially when women speak it. Also very fake at times... Meaning it takes on some incredibly sycophantic syrupy tones when juniors speak to elders, or girls to men they are trying to charm.

10 Russian

Russian... That and Chinese are by far the worst sounding languages. Russian is so bad that even a fluent speaker (me) can feel its horrible harsh guttural properties. You'd think that a native/fluent speaker would probably be immune to the way their language sounds to foreign ears. But that's clearly not the case with Russian. Every time I speak it my tongue feels like it's about to go numb or something from pressing it against the roof of my mouth so much. It's a series of annoying "nya"s, "yo"s "ye"s "g"s and "k" and etc. But hey, at least I fluently speak a third language, right?

I learn Russian online (I know that people who look at comments on this list may be annoyed with me saying 'I learn (language) online' constantly by now, but it's true..-.). I even like a Russian singer. Makes good songs with so much emotion although I don't know what he sings about. I find nothing wrong with the language as a whole. Sure, it's difficult, having 30+ (might be 33, I don't know really) letters that Russian learners need to learn and learn to pronounce, but once you get over that, it's quite easy. Some Russian words even are almost exactly the same as English in how you say it. Examples are 'Bicycle' and 'Radio'. I don't see the big deal that people have with the language.

The Contenders
11 German

Squeaky, noisy, and unnecessarily complicated. This is especially true of the Standard German dialect.

For a quick example compare the English "I am a surgeon" to the squeaky, harshness of "Ich bin Chirurg" when properly pronounced.

No serious person can actually say he/she actually wishes to learn this language for its beauty.

One has to have grown up with this language in Germany be duped by sentimental attachment into liking it.

It's the most disgusting language in the world and I'm pretty sure in history. Obnoxious, gross and even though many germans are good looking...Its true what they say, you can't have it all because their language makes up for all the flaws they lack on their face and body

German is amazing and if you think Germans are Nazis or evil then you're racist I'm German and I'm not a Nazi... Germany has a very low crime rate it's a beautiful language sorry for my bad English

12 Japanese

If you are going to judge the beauty of Japanese based on how young girls talk then you should do the same for English and judge it by how dumb valley girls talk. And that would be #1 on the list. It's the fault of kawaii culture, not the Japanese language. And whoever says Japanese is the same as Chinese is just... so ignorant it's pitiful and obviously has no knowledge of either language. Probably no knowledge of any language other than English, actually.

Only good for cartoons and disgusting porn. The language is poor when it comes to academics. Don't bother studying in the Tokyo University, been there and their Physics books are full of nonsense.

I have a question to the people who voted, what country is Japenese? People who can't spell right shoudn't vote here. Daah, common sense. Japenese haha laughing my head off LMFAO. Additionally, Japanese and Chinese are surely not the same. Study before you comment.

13 Tagalog

A gentleman at work sadly takes his break at the same time I do. And he's always on the phone with someone. Talking VERY LOUDLY. In Tagalog. Even listening to something loudly -- something extraordinarily beautiful like 16th or 17th century polyphony -- in order to counteract the effect sometimes just doesn't work. It is just an ugly language. Nails on a chalkboard? I can totally handle that? Tagalog? See me run, screaming, for the door. Even Tagalog accented English is almost impossible to hear for any length of time.

I work with 90% Filipinas starting at 7:30 AM. All I hear for the entire day is them clucking like a hoard of chickens, loudly across the room. It makes me want to take a drill to my own skull. Anyone who voted for any language other than this one has obviously not been trapped in a room filled with its speakers. It is by far the stupidest, most irritating language I have ever come in contact with. Somebody please destroy this language before I sleep in the center of a construction site solely to become deaf.

Sincerely,
Fed up with Filipinas

14 Dutch

Modern Dutch is guttural, monotone and eating itself by incorporating so much misconceived English. It's young and middle-class speakers (specially the women) sound retarded by speaking in a theatrical manner encouraged by the media.

On the other hand, there is a nice-sounding Dutch in the Southern Netherlands and Northern Belgium, especially the standardised version. Dutch in the Randstad is a bastardised language that needs to die out soon.

The standard dutch is one of the most superficial languages ever, much like American English. Combined with the slow guttural vomitting, which sounds as if the mouth is pregnant of a German word, Dutch from the Netherlands/Holland/VOC should be greeted with fire and brimstone. The Southern Dutch and Belgian native Flemish however is one of the most natural sounding accents in the world in my opinion and have a rich culture in prose and poetry.

15 English

There exists an expression regarding English.
English is a very easy language to learn to speak badly. But, it's one of the most difficult languages to speak correctly.
One only has to listen to a number of native speakers from England. Their grammar is horrendous. The accents atrocious.
The Americans use of unnecessary words. I.e. * Like* interspersed throughout a sentence. *you know*. Used unnecessarily in sentences & the misuse of the word *so*
Unfortunately, English spoken badly, incorrectly & interspersed with unnecessary words is an indication of your standard of education & where you come from. Sadly.
That is why one is called snobbish or hailing from a certain class when English speaking. The use of the language is a dead give away.

This language was so hard to learn. I came here when I was young, I hated going to school. Not just because I didn't understand what anyone was saying but also because the people who speak this language generally are not very polite. Not to mention the way it sounds. When I heard people talking it just sounded like they were repeating the word "Neanderthal" all the time. Also, why do I, a non native speaker, have better grammar than people who were born there? I just don't understand.

16 Danish

Sounds like some pirate who drank too much Carlsberg or a Turkey being strangled to death. Watch some YouTube on danish people speaking.

Though it is the most beautiful and eloquent Scandinavian language when it is written, it turns into the sound of someone speaking Norwegian being strangled once they open their mouths (though it is probably more appropriate to say that they open their throats, not their mouths, when they speak)

As someone who genuinely love German language, Danish surprised me in horridness. It's just so UGLY.

17 Polish

I'm learning the language now and love it. Wish I could go back in time and appreciate the time when my parents tried to teach me. You enjoy words if you understand them so no language is annoying. This is a ridiculous survey

Most disgusting language not just phonetically but also their intonations. Nothing against the Polish themselves, but the language just makes my blood boil.

When they speak, they speak so loudly and don't care and the language is spoken loudly and fast and all I can here is 'sh' sounds which is annoying and horrible! Please make it #annoying

18 Filipino

I've heard Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Polish, Chinese, Hindi, Cambodian, Burmese, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic... you get my point. Some sound very well, some not so much. Others are neutral. But Filipino. Oh, I can surely state Filipino's the worst sounding language of all.

Filipino should must be in place of Spanish Because It's the Most Rudest and Anoyyest language of What He created on the planet Earth! And The speakers of it are shouters and laugher with emotions of it not normal or natural speakers of it at all! Never ever!

There are over 150 filipino dialects with different accents in the Philippines.Sure,accents like bisaya and ibanag doesn't sound that good and it's a bit annoying for my opinion but some filipino accents sounds okay to me.

19 Czech

Played professional basketball in the Czech Republic. Their language is by far the most irritating I have ever heard. They have a saying that sounds like "Tay Vola" (probably spelled wrong) It roughly translates to "Oh Man" they mutter that saying almost every other word and the men are about as tough as American women so they also have that going for them. Overall it was a great experience but the language and toughness of the people I played with were HORRIBLE

20 Hebrew

Hebrew is the worst. The Zionists resurrected this primitive language and it's modern pronunciation was adapted to meet the needs of Jews from Slavic backgrounds. Think of the very worst ugliness of Russian, German, Dutch, Yiddish, and Arabic, with an annoying attitude thrown in, and you have Hebrew. Oi!

I hate it as hell, I hear every no and then and it,s forced upon me and I just can't tolerate it or learn it from my hatred to the language.
I wonder why Jews chose it as a language if their religious books are in Yiddish or why don't they practice A Aramic instead of this horrible language

The most annoying loud language that should have been lost. It's terrible over the phone and especially in a room of people speaking individual conversations. They all increase their volume by 100%.

21 Turkish

Turkish sounds CRAZY! It sounds like " Glug mug, Chilubtuck, begug ruck" it's always got a " muck tuck" rhyme between words. An ugly language imposed by oriental savages that once conquered Greeks, Romans, Caucasus, Persian, & Anatolian people's, then were wiped out or fled back to the Asian steppes, because they were slant eyed thugs who couldn't keep an Empire together. The Seljuks lost 600K men in Georgia in Didgori, that all but wiped them out!

Turkish is the worst. It does sound like a battle cry! I live under a family of 4 and all they do is try to "over talk" each other all at the same time! The kids are sooo whiny!
Stuck

Sounds really ugly! when I hear somebody speaks it! I just want to vomit! don't ever never listen to Turkish music, I'm afraid you are gonna hate music industry altogether!

22 Portuguese

The most beautiful and sexy language, especially the Brazilian accent. European Portuguese is perfect for poetry, and Brazilian Portuguese is the most perfect sounding for music! Plus Portuguese is a language of the future as it is spoken officially in 5 continents. Brazil alone has the 5th strongest economy in the world! And Portuguese speaking Angola is the Brazil of Africa.

The language always sounds like someone needs to sneeze or just recovered from a cold. Also the group of people speaking loud Portuguese behind you in line, won't acknowledge that you exist even though they are 1 foot away. Yes, they talk over everyone in the room, even over people's inner thoughts...

Easily one of the most hideous languages I have ever heard, particularly Brazilian Portuguese, which is saying a lot for someone who speaks multiple languages and understands some of many others. It's by far one of, if not the, most annoying and painful to hear.

23 Tamil

Worst language along with Hindi. Sounds as if you shaking pots and pans all the time... The sounds are so archaic that it's like hearing a bunch of stone-age-under-civilised folks fight and spit at each other. -- most claim this language is oldest in India and truly sounds like one. ---I' a Tamilian who have come to genuinely appreciate other soft languages and Tamil is NOT one of those.

I'm brought up in a Tamil family and its literally screaming and shouting about everything. Including the language.

In the world of Irritating Lingo, Tamil's assault on the ears js nuclear!

24 Italian

Most annoying and horrible language, old fashioned. Italians cannot speak without gesticulating, even when they drive.

And for improving the intellectual level of Italian, Italian is NOT the most direct evolution of Latin, it's the Romanian (from Romania).
Italian is not a pure living language, it's dying because there is no evolution.
I just can't stand this pompous sound. It's some kind of caricature of art. I only hate Spanish and English more.
Italians do not speak, they yell.

Their language is like their country dirty and old fashion.

It sounds like a ripoff of Spanish.

We never know if they are talking or farting.
I guess farting even the smelling is there...
Italian is not a language, just an ersatz of o dead Latin.

To all you saying that Italian is the world's language, just need to understand Italian language is obsolete, bro trust me, try to learn something in Italian and you'll realize it's completely dumb like learning an absolute dead language like Latin. Now, everything is in English and better use British. Never start to learn this dumb language only used in the back kitchens of some pizzas or others Italian restaurants, only Italian people speak Italian language, never find any Italian word in the most advanced fields like new technologies, nano, biotech, genetics-.. The world is managed by a prevalent language named English. But if you want to play an actor as mafia guy, ok, you'll just look a loser.

25 Punjabi

The people commenting bull : "Euw it drives people crazy..." how the hell do you manage to spell "ew" incorrect? What? "They sound like loud, uneducated, savage boars." Yes it's loud, most languages do sound like that when you're not a native speaker. How can a language sound educated? This itself sounds uneducated..
"worst
I hate this language" Congratulations for having an opinion. Punjabi is a beautiful language, and probably the most fun to speak.

It sounds clumsy, erratic, and uncoordinated. The flow doesn't complement breathing pace so it sounds like people are pulling words out of a hat.

Can't believe it's not in the top 10, easily one of the most annoying languages.

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