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Countries where over 90% of the population can speak English (i.redd.it)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.