I feel like learning a new language, so I wanted your opinion on what language is the closest to English? Kinda in terms of how Spanish speakers have a basic understanding of Italian and Portuguese
frisian
>>59621618
>dem titties
fuggg :3
>>59621618
I think German is the closest you'll get 2bh
>>59621618
I hear Norwegian, Dutch, and Afrikaans are close.
>>59621618
The grounders language
Frisian, Afrikaans and Dutch. Norwegian is kind of similar too.
>>59621675
switch norwegian with danish
Frisian
Scots
>>59621700
danish is bitch to learn so i have heard, and english is basically dialect of norwegian
>>59621618
I've heard Dutch is the easiest to learn if you're a native English speaker.
>>59621618
This should help you OP.
The further you are away from England, the harder the languages get.
Dutch. If that British girl would start drowning she would beg for help in dutch instead of english.
>>59621618
German is basically a more precise but far more intricate version of English. Also highly modular.
>>59621618
American
>>59621786
Fuck sake, forgot to attach link.
http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/language-difficulty
>>59621661
>>59621618
Dutch, German.
How does this even happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwiFZwPwDzA
Frisian must be from an isolated area where Old English was never raped by French.
>>59622470
>this book comes from holland
it doesn't though lying FUCK
>>59621735
>english is basically dialect of norwegian
>>59621866
>German is basically a more precise but far more intricate version of English.
>>59622815
its true
>>59622897
"no"
>>59622897
how does singing songs related the knackebrod sound like english
>>59622955
you cant fool me anglo, modern english is just bastardized language of vikings that raped you
>>59623037
actually our own modified version of German with Anglo words and a bit of modified French Latin thrown in
>>59623105
>modified version of german
if you mean by that completely randomise grammar then yes
>>59621618
Frisian>>59622857
>>59623136
cheeky modification m8
>>59621618
Anglish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_purism_in_English
>>59621618
Dutch I think
>>59621618
objectively frisian
after that, afrikaans
I say Afrikaans and not dutch because the simplified morphology coincidentally makes it more similar to English
>no fellow anglo related language that uses "th" sounds
>>59623665
ITS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY REEEEEEEE DIE MASTERRACE
>>59623105
I feel like old norse should be higher, and how do you seperate old english and middle english?
>>59623680
DO IT BITCH
PUT THAT TONGUE TIP TO YOUR FRONT TEETH
FUCKING DO IT
DO ITTTTTTTTT
>>59623701
Higher? Go read something in Norwegian and tell me how much words you recognize or seem familiar to you. And Old Norse is even further from English
Vi (we) har (have) många (many) relaterade (related) ord (words).
English is pretty much just a corrupted version of swedish desu.
>>59623827
>många
weebs out
>>59623827
Learning Norwegian i came into this conclusion aswell... its all similiar AF, even how the sentences are formed
>>59623774
but they gave a lot of basic words to english that are common, like go, and some pronouns
What is the name of the people that gave birth to German and English when the two languages split off in the 5th century?
>>59623680
working class scum just replace it with 'f' here anyway
>>59621786
>Welsh is easier than Afrikaans
Epic
>>59621618
If you want to learn a language simply for fun you shouldnt ask youself whats easy but instead ask youself what would bring you enjoyment.
>>59621618
Dutch surprisingly
>>59624272
I want to learn German. Should I go for it?
I've once heard English refered to as "the hissing language" before. Is that accurate? Does it sound like we're hissing to non-natives?
>>59624352
The basic vocab is easy but you'll hit a wall once you get to the grammar. If you don't give up at that point you'll make it and then its only a matter of practicing.
Dutch and Afrikans, German to an extent but Modern English is actually closer to French than German.
Definitely Afrikaans, Frisian and Dutch. Norwegian and Swedish have very similar sentence structure and common sounding words. I spent all 4 years studying German during my degree and German helps with the above mentioned a lot. Surprisingly I can read Danish quite well with never studying the language. Once you understand the special characters for the Scandinavian vowels, and the silent consonants it becomes easy.
>>59621689
Last episode tomorrow
>>59621947
>>59621618
Study German.
Technically Dutch is the closest relative of English but Dutch has several problems: 1. Dutch sounds like anus 2. Dutch has no literature 3. Dutch people are degenerates 4. Dutch really do sound like anus
>>59623859
>Learning Norweigan
LOL
>>59621618
Easiest on the basis of similar grammar and vocabulary; Frisian, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish and Afrikaans.
Easier based on vocab; French, Spanish, Portugese, Romanian, Italian and Danish(Danish is here because of "mouth full of porridge" phonology.)
Least easy;
German because of complex grammar.
>>59623774
Old Norse and Old English were mutually intelligible to a degree. Icelandic speakers do better at reading Old English than Modern English speakers.
>>59621618
French
>>59623774
Don't listen to this retard >>59630371
There's no way he could know Anglo-Saxons and Vikings understood each other, he didn't ask them and he wasn't alive at the time. He doesn't know shit about Icelanders too, they can't even understand Faeroese and he thinks they can understand Old English.
