Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725)
by Mediterraneo10 on Thursday September 03, 2020 @05:29AM
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"And Dutch is the closest living language to English unless you count Scots."
Dutch is from a different branch of Germanic than English. The "closest relative" is typically held to be Frisian, which is part of the same Germanic subgroup as English.[0]
Dutch is from a different branch of Germanic than English. The "closest relative" is typically held to be Frisian, which is part of the same Germanic subgroup as English.[0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language