Russian and Arabic similarities.
I am half Russian and so speak a bit of Russian and understand considerably more. One thing I’ve noticed is while I can obviously differentiate between Arabic and Russian, and know they are from completely different families, I find the languages sound quite alike? Similarly, when I hear an Arab or Russian speaking English their accents sound pretty similar. I spoke to a friend about this and they said they sound nothing alike. Is this just me, and if it’s not, why is this exactly?