Why Does Portuguese Sound Like Russian?! (or Polish)

Lots of people say that Portuguese sounds like Russian. Why?! In this video I examine some of the similar sounds of Portuguese and Russian (and Polish as well). * Learners of Russian, visit RussianPod101: https://langfocus.com/russianpod. And learners of Portuguese, visit PortuguesePod101: https://langfocus.com/portuguesepod. *Black Friday Sneak Peak Sale: 41% off all paid-plans until November 26.*

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Special thanks to Carlos Costa for his Portuguese audio samples. Russian and Polish samples are from Wikicommons (links at bottom).

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Music: "Otis McMusic" by Otis McDonald (intro and outro music).
Main: "Bizzie" by The Grand Affair.

Russian and Polish sample links:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ru-%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ru-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6).ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ARu-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F.ogg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palatal_nasal.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3APl-%C4%85.ogg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3APolish_letter_%C4%98.ogg

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