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Bernard   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:15 GMT

I think dutch is someting like the "middle germanic language" in the sense that it seem in the same time as close as english and as german. You do you think about ? Is dutch closer to german or to english ?

Travis   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:16 GMT

Sander, and underneath it all, Dutch is much closer to, say, German than English anyways. It's just the way that Dutch is written, with all the doubled letters and like, which makes many think it's close to English. Well it is, but Scots, the Frisian languages, and to a lesser extent Low Saxon are definitely closer to English than Dutch is

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:17 GMT

Absolutly German.And I disaprove of rhe term "middle germanic language" that would be the same as calling french "middle romance language"

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:19 GMT

Nederlands lijkt soms op Engels maar dat is alleen oppervlakkig.

greg   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:19 GMT

I'd say German.

Mathijs   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:19 GMT

Websites who consider West-Flemish a seperate language : http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/West%20Flemish http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/W/We/West_Flemish.htm http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/neerlandes/an/i1/i1.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Flemish http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=VLA http://www.what-means.com/encyclopedia/Dutch_language http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dutch_language http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/West_Flemish http://language.school-explorer.com/info/Dutch_language http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~sfreer/flemish.html http://encyclopedie.snyke.com/articles_en/dutch_language.html http://www.explore-language.com/languages/W/West_Flemish.html http://july.fixedreference.org/en/20040724/wikipedia/West_Flemish http://www.irelandinformationguide.com/European_languages http://www.asinah.net/articles/content/w/we/west_germanic_language.html http://www.algebra.com/algebra/about/history/Low-German-language.wikipedia http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Flanders http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001499.php http://www.lsadc.org/language/703.html http://belgium.rootsweb.com/lang/flemish/ http://www.langmaker.com/db/bbl_westvlaams.htm http://www.atforumz.com/showthread.php?t=189349 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Dutch_language/ http://www.excite.co.uk/directory/Science/Social_Sciences/Language_and_Linguistics/Natural_Languages/Indo-European/Germanic http://www.fpcplv.org/Indo-European/Germanic/ http://www.recipeland.com/encyclopaedia/index.php/Languages_of_France http://www1.elsevier.com/homepage/sal/ellei/data/subject/f.html http://copernicus.subdomain.de/West_Flemish http://copernicus.subdomain.de/Flemish_(linguistics) http://www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/lo/Lower_Franconian http://www.asinah.net/articles/content/l/lo/low_franconian_language.html http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/linguist/sp/Bibs.html http://july.fixedreference.org/en/20040724/wikipedia/Languages_of_France http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/sp/Bibs.html

bernard   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:20 GMT

I don't know a word of German at all, so it is difficult to me to judge. Thanks for your answer Sander

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:22 GMT

No problem. And Mathijs,your seeing ghosts again! ):þ

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:24 GMT

From your links,first sentence... http://www.algebra.com/algebra/about/history/West-Flemish.wikipedia

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:26 GMT

"West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. There is a considerable overlap between West Flemish and some neighbouring Dutch (Flemish) accents and many linguists therefore consider West Flemish a Dutch dialect." LOLLus Giganticus /:þ

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:36 GMT

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nico   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:37 GMT

Krusty Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:47 GMT I think French is the closest to English Absolutly not.

nico   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:38 GMT

I agree Bernard, the closest to french is italian without any doubt.

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:38 GMT

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Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 20:46 GMT

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