Why are Spanish and Portuguese phonetics so different despite being two so closely related languages?

As a Spaniard (also half-Italian) married to a Portuguese in a murtiling…

Cult of Linguists • 109.4K followers Languages and Linguistics   Why are Spanish and Portuguese phonetics so different despite being two so closely related languages? Marco Trevisan Updated August 25, 2021   As a Spaniard (also half-Italian) married to a Portuguese in a murtilingual family, I think I can add an important (for me the most important) aspect in phonetics I didn't ... Read more »     When are two languages "the same"? John Prestwick, Statistician at National Health Service Answered August 10   There are no absolute answers. This is partly because of the difficulty of defining what a language is, and it tends to be influenced by politics and identity. Many dialect... Read more »     Do all languages have words for "yes" and "no"? Marco Trevisan Answered April 9   Other answers and comments have noted how Celtic languages don't have «yes» or «no»: instead, their speakers repeat the verb in positive or negative form. Here I just want t... Read more »   Read more in Cult of Linguists

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