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Don Verto
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How is Frisian closer to English than Dutch is? I only have one book in Frisian and I fail to see the similarity to English.?
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- Anonymous1 year ago
Don't let books fool you. maybe you would HEAR the similarity. Vocabulary-wise, we're talking about west-germanic dialects. English, Frisian (and Scots?) are on one branch of the westgermanic languages, Dutch and Flemish are on another. EN-FY-NL you have
bacon-bake-spek
butter - butter - boter
green - grien - groen
cheese - tsiis (?) - kaas
bread - brea(d) - brood
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