Closest language to yours?

Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 14:50 GMT
What's your language's closest living relative?
Sanja   Monday, June 13, 2005, 15:14 GMT
Hmm, I've often wondered which language is the closest to Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian)......Of course, all the Slavic languages are pretty close, but which one would be the closest? I guess it would be Slovenian and Macedonian, and my personal experience is that I understand Slovenian better than Macedonian, even though a lot of people here say the opposite.
Adam   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:29 GMT
Frisian.
Krusty   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:47 GMT
I think French is the closest to English...
Spanish_girl   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:49 GMT
what is "frisian" please?
Spanish_girl   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:50 GMT
I think french is closier to spanish than to english .
Ed   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:51 GMT
My language is Bulgarian and I feel that the closest language is Russian.
Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:53 GMT
I thought Portuguese was closest to Spanish.
Spanish_girl   Monday, June 13, 2005, 16:59 GMT
yes I think Portuguese is the closest to spanish Sander.

I think spanish is closier to french than english ( but I think also that english is closest to french...).
Tiffany   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:06 GMT
Umm...

Spanish is closest to Portuguese.

Of course Spanish, being a Romance language, is closer to French than French is to English.

English is closest to Frisian (a language obviously).
Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:07 GMT
Yet its a different story when concerning vocabulary...
Mathijs   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:11 GMT
Look fellows !
Dutch is closest to Afrikaans and modern frisian.
English is closest to OLD FRISIAN
closest language to frisian is probably Saxon

=> Modern Frisian isn't all that different from Dutch anymore , with a bit of effort you can understand what they're saying ...
Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:13 GMT
Are you sick?You didnt mention the W word.
Mathijs   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:14 GMT
Do you want me to ? Cause I will if you let me :p
WEST-FL.... Dare I say it ?
Sander   Monday, June 13, 2005, 17:16 GMT
You could say it...but it would be the last time you said as well ;)
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