Here a good overview of the variety of Germanic languages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8LxRfdLrlU
Proofs how difficult it is to understand each language within such a
small area. Even Frisian for the Dutch is almost impossible without
prior knowledge.
Henk
Bob W-PDML schreef op 18-4-2015 om 09:32:
where. Here's Eddie Izzard talking Old English to a Friesian farmer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OeC1yAaWG34 Not entirely sure that he's
proved his point, but of course Friesian has changed in the centuries
since it and OE separated. I've had similar conversations in Italy and
Romania just by making something up out of bits of Latin, French and
Spanish. That's why my herd of cattle is so multinational. B
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