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Countries where over 90% of the population can speak English (i.redd.it)
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[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

what is the history on the Netherlands? Are the languages so similar they can speak it by default?

[-] polderprutser@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

No they are completely different languages, but same root (Germanic), like many other Western European countries.

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

which of the 2 are closer? German - dutch or English - dutch. My guess is they are right in-between the two linguistically.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

In-between yes. Within the western germanic language continuum it's basically the center between English to the west and German to the east.

[-] polderprutser@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thats a great question and to be completely honest, I'm not sure! I am fluent in Dutch and English, but not in German. So I'm not fully qualified to answer that haha. I can still understand part of German though, some works are just so similar in all three languages.

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