Germanic Languages closest to English

[@Datacorrupter234]

its like english without the words

[@simbelmyne4817]

We are here because a man wanted to buy a cow in old english

[@BrandTLD]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYu8aJx8abyWb6s

[@onegoodfurboj]

To anyone coming from that video about buying a brown cow, welcome!

[@dangar_larusso]

Why are we all coming from that video at the same time

[@onegoodfurboj]

@@dangar_larusso it is what it is

[@Amplifimusic]

@@onegoodfurboj the algorithm is being weird lol

[@kynanpelletier1228]

the Frisian guy just sounds like a drunk englishman

[@Diabolical-Tyrant]

0:36 the second dutchman had basically an english accent, it was strange, as i could imagine the voice speaking in native english, but to me i couldn't understand, it was like listening to a english simling from the sims

[@HenkAngenik]

For a Dutchman not living in the man's area his dialect is very hard to understand. The Netherlands used to have lots of dialects that varied from town to town. Nowadays there are still some strong dialects like the one from the second Dutch guy.

[@tylerfreal6472]

i only understand english and basic basic spanish . before that dude finished his first sentence i was like why is his english accent so thick in his dutcch lol

[@Streeterm]

i juat wanted to see if that guy bought the cow

[@Lardbeane]

It seems like what English would sound like to a person who doesn't speak English, which I find extremely interesting!

[@christopherdieudonne]

I don't speak a word of Dutch yet when I hear it, it feels VERY familiar, as I am a native English speaker. The only way I can describe it is Dutch sounds like "another" English but I don't understand any of the words.

[@sealdeal_412]

This is like what Portuguese sounds like to a Spanish speaker

[@luizoli7268]

And vice versa, amigo.

[@christopherdieudonne]

Yeah, I can see that.

[@Diabolical-Tyrant]

i imagine similar with italian as well, similarities but just not quite understandable

[@monkeypie8701]

Frisian guy just sounds like an Australian

[@HfrdH4]

A very drunk Aussie

[@Fluiding]

0:38 that's the thickest dutch accent I have ever heard

[@yldrmh3903]

0:38 Groningan - Northwest Low Saxon Dialect

[@CraigWedd]

the first 2 sound like they have an australian accent

[@davidosirisk]

am australian can confirm for the first bloke, i dont think the dutch guy does though

[@HenkAngenik]

@@davidosirisk First guy speaks Dutch, the second one Frysian.

[@fleaniswerkhardt4647]

@@HenkAngenik Are you sure? At 00:21 it says "2- Dutch". He sounds sounds like Dutch to me. Starting at 00:01 and labeled "1- Frisian" the guy in the checked shirt does not seem to be speaking Dutch. I agree with the comment that he sounds Australian - obviously not in the words but in the tone and the diphthongs.

[@HenkAngenik]

@@fleaniswerkhardt4647 I completely missed the first guy. You're correct. The first one is Frisian, the second one Dutch and the third one speaks a dialect. I guess it should be Dutch, but it sounds more like Frisian to me (as a Dutchman). He talks about the town of Delfzijl so he probably speaks a Gronings dialect. Hard to understand if you're not from that part of the country.

[@fleaniswerkhardt4647]

@@HenkAngenik I see. I thought the third guy was definitely talking Dutch - but sort of a broad Dutch with a lot of slang thrown in maybe. But Frisian is quite different to my ear.

[@undead_omen4322]

Have another one to add which is the closest to English id say. The Scots language

[@spoonsareoccasionallymadeo5728]

Can't tell if you're talking about Gaelic, or if you're saying their accents are so incomprehensible that they're pretty much another language.

[@hannie330]

@@spoonsareoccasionallymadeo5728 There are two Scottish languages, Gaelic Scottish and the more widely spoken language known as Scots. The latter is extremely close to English, mostly mutually intelligible really.

[@davidkgreen]

@@spoonsareoccasionallymadeo5728 Referring I believe to the dialect spoken by Robert Burns as opposed to the Gaelic spoken North of the Firth in the old days.

[@BrokenToken1]

@han330 it's scots gaelic not gaelic scottish (im a scot)

[@hannie330]

@@BrokenToken1 my bad

[@jondonnelly3]

I'm not good with languages, can barely understand any words here. Might as well be Korean.

[@Cookie__XD]

It is

[@heavierthanheaven88]

Another awesome video.

[@vitocite]

0:57

[@vitocite]

no comment

[@franktenpenny1]

N word?

[@tylerfreal6472]

lmao bro what are you 14 ?

[@TheOnlyZackshadyK98]

Even me as a norwegian having difficulties understanding whats that norwegian reindeer farmer is saying XDD

[@dan74695]

Here's the rest of the Jutish video at the end: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX_RfnSBnbFgfLc

[@HenkAngenik]

1 is Dutch and 2 is Frysian. The first guy is Alexander Pechtold, a former politician for the D66 party who clearly speaks Dutch. Frysian is not spoken in our national parliament.

[@HenkAngenik]

I stand corrected. The first one is indeed Frisian. Pechtold as first of the "Dutch guys" speaks the language that everyone in the Netherlands and Flanders can understand. The guy right after that who I mistakenly took as a Frisian is someone from the Groningen province who speaks with a heavy dialect. I for one have a hard time understanding him.

[@contrapposto8389]

I can almost hear a Yorkshire twang in the Norwegian speaker

[@arrievanbruggen6966]

We all know why we're here.

[@uncleglasses6115]

Did you figure out why you were on the Frisian-Old English video yet

[@YG-kk4ey]

The low saxon one sounds like Hungarian.

[@Cumbrianlad3363]

Jeg er engelsk og jeg snakker litt norsk

[@TheOnlyZackshadyK98]

Forsto du han karen med reinsdyrene? jeg forsto ham hvertfall ikke:(((

[@Cumbrianlad3363]

​@@TheOnlyZackshadyK98nei 😂 han snakker fort og kanskje med en dialekt?

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

Yola

[@slightlynative]

On the road

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

@@slightlynative no its a language closer to english

[@YG-kk4ey]

What's in this video allegedly Swedish, is in your other videos Danish.

[@zat-svi-ua]

i don't see swedish though 🤔