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: And learners of Portuguese, visit PortuguesePod101: (Full disclosure: if you sign for a premium account, Langfocus receives a small referral fee. But the free account is great too!) Special thanks to Carlos Costa for his Portuguese audio samples. Russian and Polish samples are from Wikicommons (links at bottom). Check out Langfocus on Patreon Current Patreon members include these awesome people: Andres Resendez Borgia, Anjo Barnes, Auguste Fields, Behnam Esfahbod, Bennett Seacrist, Brandon Gonzalez, Brian Michalowski, Fiona de Visser, Georgina Toland, Guillermo Jimenez, Jacob Madsen, John Moffat, Matthew Etter, Michael Arbagi, Michael Cuomo, Paul Boychuk, Rosalind Resnick, Ruben Sanchez Jr, Sebastian Langshaw, Sh