West Germanic Languages Countries Guess Each Others' Nationality!! (What Country I'm From?)

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Can West Germanic languages speaking countries guess their nationality?
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[@Noah_ol11]

Loved the blue hair of the lady from The Netherlands , the guy from South Africa is really polite and kind introducing himself to them in the beginning

[@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038]

Edit out the misused big superiority terms lady and love and the words les and char and kind and the number, all wøm’n are the exact opposite of lady / other superiority terms - I am THE only Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc and the only lovable / loved being!

[@oliverfa08]

Finally someone from South Africa to compare afrikaans to dutch and german

[@comartindale5726]

I came upon this channel just yesterday and was really wanting to see a video treating Dutch and Afrikaans. Had no clue it was just around the bend.

[@Ama94947]

Yeahh I cant wait for the next video where they prolly will compare it more detailed lol

[@sundaetheguitar]

Yes

[@panchovan617]

this was interesting. However for a language comparison you need a standard Afrikaans speaker, as it is more archaic like dutch and German and follows similar grammar and vocabulary. Capetonian dialects use a lot of English and the grammar is much more progressive and fluid. (And I like it of course a lot, but it is difficult to understand for dutch and germans).

[@kasheskobby23]

I’m from SA, which was colonized by both the UK and Netherlands settlers. So it probably was gonna be hard because we sound British, Dutch and African at the same time.

[@Beaglecheoreom]

Thank you so much for having me! I had a wonderful time and I can't believe I missed the South African accent!! Ps. Thank you for all the sweet comments here as well

[@Ice_V]

Hi! You 're welcome!🤗

[@karllogan8809]

South African is one of the least well known English accents, I didn't get it either even tho I'm a World Friends junkie. Svea didn't get it either and she's a regular.

[@Beaglecheoreom]

@@karllogan8809 All while it's a really nice accent to listen to!!

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

​@@karllogan8809Afrikaans is t English.

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

Ek hoop jy gaan dalk n bietjie Afrikaans verstaan. Ik heb Afrikaans in een maandje geleerd.

[@bouli3576]

The main tip as to the nationality of Zeno is when he said "in my languageS", as there are quite a lot of official languages in South Africa.

[@n_other_1604]

Good point but when we talk about nationalities with germanic languages there is also Switzerland & Belgium with multiple official ones, also Maori is an official language in NZ.

[@andyx6827]

​@@n_other_1604Luxembourg and the UK as well.

[@n_other_1604]

@@andyx6827 I meant official language, because otherwise you can almost name any country, but even with official languages there are more... however welsh, cornish, scots, scottish gaelic nor irish gaelic are official languages of the UK as far as I know. In Germany we also have Platt, frisian, sorbian,...

[@thomas17375]

Idk how the Dutch and German girls didn't recognize eachothers accent... was a dead giveaway

[@Jonas-tf3im]

maybe they should play around

[@somersault4762]

I got the Dutch accent right away. The dude from South Africa was tough for me. He was chilled as an Australian and as well his appearance, but his accent wasn't Australian to me.

[@thomas17375]

@@somersault4762 it sucked that theirs flags are in the thumbnail... would've loved to guess myself, especially since I'm Dutch

[@ledddaiuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

@@thomas17375 videos would lose a great amount of klicks because most people klick it because the flags show your own country is in it & most people want to compare their language to others or learn the translations from their langauge to the other ones like myself i wouldn't watch that kind of comparison videos if german isn't in there

[@Ice_V]

Greetings to Zeno! I liked this guy👍 Hope to see him more here🇿🇦

[@sandraperlstein79]

I guess based on Zeno's accent he was from South Africa, also Svea being from Germany because I have been there many times. Finally that Rosa was from the Netherlands based on her description of the country and also I've been there once.

[@GuranPurin]

I'm seeing so many South Africans across the channels lately. You would think I would start to pick up on the accent by now, but I was clueless

[@jimbell122]

For me the guy has a strong South African accent

[@TerrariumCartel]

I’m South African and it’s so obvious

[@natashasullivan4559]

Lol, they've never seen any fashion or hair styles from the bigger cities in the US. Like NY, LA, San Francisco, Seattle.. Americans definitely have colorful hair like that. And can dress.. in that sense. Fashionably

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Even in smaller cities like Portland, Maine, especially if they're a barista at a specialty coffee.

[@parmentier7457]

Would be nice to see a discussion with a Dutchman, Fleming, South African. Surinamese and a person from one of the Dutch Caribbean islands. And then a German who has to guess everything that is said.

[@juandiegovalverde1982]

In Saut Afrika dei spik Afrikanse, not Doch.

[@nereus246]

It’s an American brand Levi’s also it was founded by a German in the 19th century 👍🏻

[@irgendeinname9256]

So German pronunciation technically is right

[@noralee8641]

I knew that Svea is from Germany, but I'm quite surprised that I guessed the other two. Rosa really has such a free and nice vibe so I thought it's either UK or Netherlands, and "water" definitely was a hint, the moment she said it I knew it's Netherlands. With Zeno I was really confused, it didn't seem like he's from Europe so I thought about Australia at first but then South Africa came to my mind, and that was it.

[@nereus246]

Hallo from Germany 🇩🇪 🎉

[@Peter1999Videos]

Svea ❤❤❤

[@natashasullivan4559]

I likely would have guessed NZ for Zeno. But I'm lucky an actually had a family member from South Africa. His face though when they first guessed NZ. The smirk, like.. they're wrong and I can't say anything. I'm pretty sure the SA accent is most often guessed to be a NZ accent. I also guessed Germany, but never would have guessed the Netherlands.

[@Tenseiken_]

I had no idea where to place Zeno. When he said that it would a 100% give away his country when he'd say the local word for barbecue, I for sure thought he meant "barby". It didn't even cross my mind that he was talking about a word the dutch woman would get immediately. Honestly Zeno didn't have any kind of australian accent either and the whole BBQ thing made me tunnel vision. Idk how diverse accents can get in australia in a way that they can become so "neutral" like Zeno was actually talking like. Lucky me I'm dumb in geography and flags so the thumbnail didn't give anything away. Then again, I wonder how these guessing videos in particular would do if the flags were blurred out or censored, so that the viewers can actually guess alongside them. As a viewer it's boring to already know 2 out of 3 because of the thumbnail by accident :(

[@Ama94947]

The way the blonde/blue girl pronounced 3:44 'Thing" as TTing was obviously a Dutch accent which came out. but her english is very good over all!

[@GenericUsername1388]

I love that you got a South African with a heavy coloured accent to really throw a spanner in the works of what they would imagine a typical saffa to sound like😂

[@jimbell122]

I’m British and for me he had a strong South African accent but I guess it wasn’t as clear for people that aren’t from English speaking countries

[@GenericUsername1388]

@@jimbell122 we have quite a lot of accents in SA and most of our accents are based around race rather than what part of the country you live in. As a white native english speaker, my accent probably sounds a lot similar to what a british person sounds like but still quite different. When most foreigners usually imagine a "South African accent" they imagine a white afrikaaner accent which is a pretty small part of the population

[@princessdaya5781]

@@GenericUsername1388thats interesting, ive only really ever heard white south african accents yet i was able to tell right away the guy's accent was south african

[@GenericUsername1388]

@@princessdaya5781 a lot of Coloured intonation stems from Afrikaans. One distinction of coloured accent I've noticed is that they draw our their vowels or add vowels to random consonants. Like "e" becomes "ea", "l" becomes "eal" and their intonation reminds me of how Brazilians speak in that they start a word from a high point then dip and come back up.

[@nondelaphalela4142]

​@@GenericUsername1388accents are based on regions In South Africa not race "black" people literally have about six different languages that are official and many more than aren't And there's a South African accent it's usually sound like British Australian accent sort of A perfect example will be Trevor Noah of what South African accent usually sounds like

[@benlee6158]

Svea is great! Love her subtle sarcasm and her looks.

[@sveawedis]

🥰

[@nhd7030]

​@@sveawediswas ? Wo seid ihr ? Korea?!

[@surfboarding5058]

Eastern German vibes

[@wonderfulfable]

The return of Zeno, he used to be featured in the earlier World Friends videos.

[@reineh3477]

He has? I have seen South Africans before but I'm not sure I've seen him.

[@thato596]

Yep i remember him

[@simon2083]

Actually Levi’s was published by a German immigrant levi Strauss was his name. He migrated in the year 1848 to US but was born and lived until a younger adult in Germany

[@Ssandayo]

So tomorrow will be the comparison of Dutch language families 🎉

[@IIIOOOUS]

I saw it in the way rosa smiled, that she is from the Netherlands.

[@EddieReischl]

It could be because I was drinking pilsner and Jezynowka shots at our horseshoe banquet last night, but Svea is looking especially gorgeous today. On second thought, I think it's just because she's that good looking.

[@sveawedis]

❤

[@SeriousPlastiek]

The fact that they guessed Australia wasn't that bad of a guess. They got the southern hemisphere and the UK colonisation correct, they just forgot to consider South Africa over New Zealand and Australia.

[@MarcoJacob-xy5jr]

First time to see someone from South Africa 👍

[@dutchgamer842]

He's been on more often

[@user-lr6we6xl2s]

awesome content super informitive. amazing people. WOW

[@Lampchuanungang]

Total sense the video. Very fun 😊❤🎉

[@zayjames7652]

Hey fellow South African.....I definitely knew you were from our lovely country......would have been a dead give-a-way if you had said "braai". Lovely video, totally enjoyed it

[@ibrahimal-qatami741]

From his appearance, I'm guessing the South African guy is a part of the cape colored community.

[@rowen42069]

yes

[@developmenthub9663]

he's a cape town boy, you can tell by the accent......and Xhosa

[@RichardHoogstad]

Thank you! I have been waiting for someone of the gentleman’s county to show up on the channel. I love his language

[@nathancloete9932]

Technically the two ladies were on track guessing both UK and considering other Germanic Languages for Zeno seeing that South Africa 🇿🇦 was colonised by the Dutch and the British which heavily influenced language/pronunciation.

[@LidiethArevalo]

I usually try to avoid looking at the thumbnail covers to avoid spoilers but this one was too obvious and it spoiled the video for me. 😕

[@lesegogaebeeyn4005]

I love the suspense before getting to the south African guy

[@ounalan]

I worked internationally with various countries with various ppl, and w/o hint of Adidas I'd say Svea is Flemish or Dutch, I'd say Rosa is also Flemish or Dutch w/o hint of water management, Zeno with the BBQ hint would fit anywhere in the world except US, where his accent doesn't fit. He didn't sound Aussie or Kiwi to me, but I doubt I could pinpoint SA (though I had SA colleagues before, as well.) He could have been any dark complexion fellow studied in the UK..

[@Serenity_Dee]

Them guessing Australia was killing me. No L1 English speaker would guess Xeno is Australian 😂

[@jimbell122]

I’m British and for me he has a strong Afrikaans accent sounds like he grew up speaking Afrikaans more than English

[@kapel177]

Braai.... and more popular the first hart transplant!! Thank you Zeno for keeping our name semi high....

[@twenteeen]

As soon as the guy opened his mouth I could hear where he's from. Telling Kiwi's and Aussies apart is really difficult for me, but even though those two sound similar to South Africans, the South African English pronunciation sounds a bit more guttural, or "deep", less flowing than Aussie or Kiwi English.

[@ihatesnakeu.7238]

Zenos accent actually snitched it for me, he has that dutch accent with proper english and he doesnt sound like Rosa, Rosa has that typical typical dutch english accent

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

I have a couple of Turkish-German friends. One is named Sedef who I met in Spain and another one named Bülent who was my dorm mate in college in the US. Germany is just so diverse that there is no more "pure German." Same with Swea, who is an Albanian-German.

[@Ama94947]

Yes the same goes with the Dutch there are many etnicities there but also the 'native Dutch" vary from most dark blondes and in the south people tend to have more brown shades of hair colors. I am sure that if (Svea) her hair would be dark brown they would not guess her german stereotypical wise very interesting.

[@JayEdgar0409]

@josephocceno4041 How do you know Svea is ethnically Albanian? Did she say in a previous video?

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

@@JayEdgar0409 Yes, in several videos. She even did a language comparison video for Albanian.

[@hmvollbanane1259]

Hm kinda have to disagree with that one. While we are already a quite diverse people on our own and have gotten a lot of immigrants within the last 70 years, we are not a melting pot like the us. So people usually live in "parallel" societies rarely touching eachother, so the Turkish usually live in their own streets/ districts, the Russians and Wolga-Germans in their respective and people like the Polish, while far better integrated, are concentrated in specific regions (especially the mining area of the Ruhrpott). It's still very easy to tell a German apart from an immigrant, and it's even more often than not possible to tell which area/ tribe another German is from, especially in the countryside. Mixed marriages are still pretty rare and only have began to occur on a wider scale within the last decade (besides the before mentioned social and location based barriers there is also the aspect of our school system, which separates students after 4 years into 3 types of school types, with most Germans going on to the top two, while most immigrants are put into the bottom due to their lack of German. Hence e.g. I didn't have a single Turk at my school (and only 1 Chinese as the only immigrant in my class)

[@ermirdestani]

She is from Germany but she has a Balkanic mood. This is what i feel!

[@surfboarding5058]

Eastern German

[@ermirdestani]

@@surfboarding5058 Eastern German and what? I live in East Germany myself and I can tell a Balkan person from a kilometer away by the body language.

[@princessdaya5781]

i believe she's actually half albanian

[@sveawedis]

I’m half German half Albanian :)

[@ermirdestani]

@@sveawedis kete mendova edhe une 😉

[@thiagooliveira583]

Svea gives the German vibes because in every other video she says she is from there LMAO

[@oskich]

And her eyebrows are painted in the colour of the German flag...

[@surfboarding5058]

Svea gives those eastern German DDR vibes

[@Yostheou]

Although I'm brazilian, I was able to identify them all, except for the african guy, for sure. He's got these "chicano" american style, but with a "dry, soft accent", which made me a bit confused. Loved the experience, and the dutch girl outfit is just awesome!

[@patrickandries3117]

rekenaar in Afrikaans

[@Faust_ZA]

South africans are difficult to rule out i think the most common accent you can associate with us is the fourways/joburg accent the one most confused with the aussies

[@santopino756]

The South African English sound has changed in the last 40 years

[@UltimateSeduction]

As a native Dutch it was a giveaway, even the slightest variations / English accents they use was just too easy.

[@faithmichaels2757]

Friday to Sunday Bro is Braai day... Any of those days or all of them depending on the weekend 😂

[@MMF1674]

They should have a belgian flemish speaker too to compare dutch with afrikaans and flemish. 3 different versions of the same language

[@keanancupido]

I think if Xeno said "rekenaar" instead of "computer" they might have caught it right away haha.

[@yrslvy]

I love Rosa's vibes!

[@europeroads]

❤❤

[@katherineperry9876]

Thanks for sharing! John 3:16; Romans 10:9 KJV

[@sp4823]

I think that the thumbnails always give it away. You show the flags over the persons heads, and before we even click on the video we know who is who. Is it possible not to show the flags in the thumbnails, or scramble them?

[@thato596]

that german girl does NOT have like a usual german english accent. I think she leaves in america or used to leave there . Her accent is mixed between american and something else

[@nhd7030]

Truuuu dat

[@CHRISZIOMusic]

The guy actually sounds a bit Dutch as well most of the times.

[@fiolilm]

Wow the German girl gives off Taylor Swift vibes, the blue-haired Dutch woman could pass as Paramore's long lost twin sister, and the south african dude gives off the weeknd vibes with that afro looking hairstyle

[@thedeadman82988]

This channel is so fun and educational! I like the diversity or video content

[@griffinmaxwell789]

Hearing a German person say "y'all" was very weird to me considering I'm from the southern US lol

[@MW_Asura]

Hearing a European say "y'all" is one of the weirdest things 😂and I'm European

[@n_other_1604]

There is much american influence in Germany & we also learn english with a more american way of pronunciation.

[@capeverdeanprincess4444]

It’s very strange when I hear Europeans say y’all 😂, it just don’t sound right. I think it’s pop culture like American music influence.

[@surfboarding5058]

@@n_other_1604it’s just stupid stop copying American culture start being yourself

[@sveawedis]

I used to live in the States

[@utha2665]

Finally we got a video without the token American or Brit. No shade on those guys, I love them all, but sometimes I just wonder why they were in the video. This was a fun video, but the thumbnail shouldn't have the flags under each person, that way we can all play along too 😃👍

[@phoenixrose1192]

Though English is a West Germanic language, so this actually would have been one of the few vids they wouldn’t have seemed out of place.

[@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt]

The music is so loud you can hardly understand a word Xeno says. Might as well just post pictures of the participants on this language channel.

[@riaanvanderwesthuizen9834]

😅 we don't just Braai on a Friday, we Braai, when , we are happy, sad, for our birthdays, for Christmas, for new year on any given day we wil Braai just for fun or when we watch sport, we will light a fire just to see it burn, then we will probably Braai cause the fire is lit 😂😂😂😂😂

[@KiWi_BoO]

Hello

[@richlisola1]

How could they think he’s British? His accent screams South Africa! And no English accent sounds like his speech.

[@santopino756]

Ask them to say "can't"

[@LanguageswithErman]

👏👏👏

[@jacqueslandman8044]

The Afrikaans word for "computer" is "rekenaar"

[@spoenk7448]

Honestly I don't understand they didn't get SA from all that.

[@williemacon30]

I was right on the guy's voice you can hear it in his voice he is from Africa I don't know how you guys got Australia from his voice

[@taehyung8511]

I love it so much ❤

[@MHzappy]

The woman from netherlands look like polish or east europe and no levi's we speak out as lev-IES

[@n_other_1604]

Polish? Really, for me scandinavian? The german girl is more like what I know & think of east european girls to me (as a german) & she is actually of albanian decendent.

[@Populiervogel]

Actually we say Lay-vies in the Netherlands, she pronounced it the American way.

[@Ama94947]

@@Populiervogel Yess its true haha I never say it in the American way like she did now (im dutch)

[@Yostheou]

I wonder how is it possible 20 million people to live in Netherlands, considering they are small and fight with the sea barrier problem. Insane, but truth. Yet I've read somewhere their birth rate is one of the greatest in Europe! 👀

[@parmentier7457]

The birth rate in the Netherlands is low, just like in the surrounding countries. The Dutch birth rate is 1.5 per woman. The death rate is 1. The Netherlands is growing strongly due to (Muslim) migrants who have an average of four children or more.

[@Yostheou]

@@parmentier7457 Interesting. Thanks for explaining.

[@Svendsor]

Svea!? Svea was not your first clue????

[@gabrielt.3181]

Definitely, the Dutch girl resembles someone from a Germanic language country. The bold alternative appearance doesn't lie

[@RKM8506]

A computer in Afrikaans is a "rekenaar".

[@Onnarashi]

The Dutch girl had some interesting views on Scandinavians. I've never heard the stereotype that we're not relaxed people before. Also about the make-up, but I'm a guy so I can't say I've noticed a specific make-up style based on nationality.

[@karllogan8809]

I knew Netherlands is adept at dealing with water, being one of the low countries it gets flooded a lot, but somehow I didn't really think of it until Svea mentioned it, I was so set on Rosa being Nordic or Baltic because of how white she is and how angular and wiry her features are, to me she looks like she's from further north than the Netherlands.

[@Onnarashi]

As a Norwegian I don't think there's much of a difference in skin colour between northern Europeans. Dutch people can have just as light skin as us Nordic folk.

[@TheTekknician]

I don't recognize what you're saying. I'm born and have lived up North in NL and her features you can see everywhere, at most you could assume her heritage is probably very, very north-west European. If I were to hazard a guess she's either Frisian or has frisian legacy.

[@levent.a.7280]

The person supposedly from Germany doesn't look Germanic at all , she doesn't even look European, she is either from Balkan or the Middle east but maybe was born in Germany,the Girl from the Netherlands looks very much European I'd say Denmark or Sweden, the guy I'd never ever guess his nationality but he does look south American or Mexican.

[@karllogan8809]

Svea said she's (part) Albanian, so you're right. Yea I was thinking the same thing, Rosa looks more Nordic, or Baltic than Dutch, and Zeno looks Latino, but I guess he's part White part Native South African.

[@levent.a.7280]

@@karllogan8809 I knew it, Germans have a completely different look, demeanor and posture.

[@Onnarashi]

The Balkans are in Europe.

[@levent.a.7280]

@@Onnarashi and the Philippines are in north America.

[@Onnarashi]

@@levent.a.7280 What? The Balkans are literally in Europe. Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Montengero, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia are all in Europe.

[@daseteam]

Yay! I guessed all three right!

[@faithmichaels2757]

I'm from South Africa n love watching documentaries. When lady in the middle talked about country that knows how to deal with water, I thought of the Netherlands too🙌🎊🙌

[@vaccinatedanti-vaxxer]

The only south African restaurant I ever been to was Braal Republic in pyeongtaek korea near camp humphreys. It's very unique experince, owned by two south Africans that lived in korea a long time. Zeno mentioned there. "Part time cooks" are rap duo in Korea. One of them big moss, is a South African that lives in Korea.

[@spaseether]

What happense here guys😂😂😂😂?

[@CinCee-]

Svea has no hint of German in her english at all. I would have guessed she's American

[@Ama94947]

very small things but her accent is Americanized like the Dutch girl

[@mungunuvul]

mongolia

[@Waltaere]

World friendss 😃

[@riaanvanderwesthuizen9834]

In Afrikaans we call a computer "Rekenaar " this guy really can't speak proper Afrikaans

[@jernelle03]

Pls pin me i am first

[@zabiafzali4388]

Lange lebe Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@Infinty_in_Christ]

I’m from the Netherlands 😉👍🏻🇳🇱

[@nhd7030]

Mmmmhhh .... Dulli

[@kallte9881]

why do young these two girls dress like scarecrow and act like one?? my iq level went down but the guy was ok

[@r.a.h7682]

should have replaced germany with belgium