I heard some people talking today in what I think was Nigerian English, which always sounds happy to me. These particularly people seemed to be very cheerful, but there seems to be something about Nigerian English that makes it sound very jolly, to my ears at least. I think it’s something about the sounds they use and the intonation patterns.
This got me wondering whether I alone in thinking this, and whether other languages have an inherently happy sound to them.
Jamaican also sounds happy to me.
Do any particular languages, dialects or accents sound happy/jolly/cheerful to you?
