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NW Germany should look like English, as that’s where the angles, saxons and jutes came from. Followed by the Danes a few hundred years later. I thought the Ge

NW Germany should look like English, as that’s where the angles, saxons and jutes came from. Followed by the Danes a few hundred years later. I thought the German from that part was closer to English as well? Hard to differentiate genetics on such short time scales I think. The face of Britain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLV63ip7pdI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLV63ip7pdI

raxxorraxor 4y ago
Dutch is a mix between German and English. English is certainly not the hardest language to learn if you already know German or Dutch, although any Romance language helps too. Doesn't really translate to north Germanic languages like Swedish though. I think English, Dutch and German are classified as west Germanic languages while the others are north Germanic languages. On the other hand English did make substantial changes compared to Dutch or German.
- jleyank 4y ago
  Well, they got run over by a whole lot of Vikings who were fond of French food in 1066. Having Norman French as the ruling language for a few hundred years helped muddy English. People have commented that the animal name is often Anglo saxon (cow, pig) while the meal name is French (beef, pork). Don’t know when English started stealing words and the like from all languages but it’s real good at it now. And quite sloppy with rules vs. Related languages.
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  - Bayart 4y ago
    Vocabulary != grammar. The English dictionary was certainly populated by Old French, but the structure and phonetics of the language remained on their own course.
- fartsucker69 4y ago
  mixed with old english, which is quite different from modern english
- ZeroGravitas 4y ago
  A lot of German, Dutch and Scandanavian words survive in dialects of English. https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-that-Scottish-words-resemble-Dutch https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-that-Scottish-words-resemble...

raxxorraxor 4y ago

Dutch is a mix between German and English. English is certainly not the hardest language to learn if you already know German or Dutch, although any Romance language helps too. Doesn't really translate to north Germanic languages like Swedish though. I think English, Dutch and German are classified as west Germanic languages while the others are north Germanic languages. On the other hand English did make substantial changes compared to Dutch or German.

jleyank 4y ago
Well, they got run over by a whole lot of Vikings who were fond of French food in 1066. Having Norman French as the ruling language for a few hundred years helped muddy English. People have commented that the animal name is often Anglo saxon (cow, pig) while the meal name is French (beef, pork). Don’t know when English started stealing words and the like from all languages but it’s real good at it now. And quite sloppy with rules vs. Related languages.
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- Bayart 4y ago
  Vocabulary != grammar. The English dictionary was certainly populated by Old French, but the structure and phonetics of the language remained on their own course.
fartsucker69 4y ago
mixed with old english, which is quite different from modern english
ZeroGravitas 4y ago
A lot of German, Dutch and Scandanavian words survive in dialects of English. https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-that-Scottish-words-resemble-Dutch https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-that-Scottish-words-resemble...