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As a bilingual or multilingual European; does your voice, accent, or intonation change when speaking different languages? (piefed.social)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Not bilingual, but my argentine roommate at the time could not recognize my voice when I spoke french (my native language). I think he thought my voice was lower and my accent flatter than when I spoke spanish.

You can also kinda lose your native accent if you live in another country, or even another region of your own country, for too long.