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They diverged from a common language, so it's possible for a reader of one language to understand the written form of the other. However the spoken form diverg
by saint_fiasco 9y ago
They diverged from a common language, so it's possible for a reader of one language to understand the written form of the other.
However the spoken form diverges much faster than the written form, to the point where it's completely impossible to have an oral conversation.