Learn A Foreign Language By Yourself
The question is simple – is Dutch a Latin language? And the answer is pretty simple too: No it isn’t. Dutch is not Latin, but a Germanic language. It’s related to English, German, and slightly less so, the Scandinavian languages. The ancestor of Dutch was Frankish, a language spoken in Northern Europe, but despite the … Read more
Dutch and German are two related languages that have a lot in common. They both belong to the Germanic language family like English, and they both have a lot to offer pretty much no matter how you look at them. You’re here because you want to learn one of them (or both?) But which one … Read more
Do Dutch people understand German? That’s actually a good question. Dutch and German are two Germanic languages that are relatively close linguistically. Like English, they both belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, making them a sort of “linguistic cousins”. In addition to that, the Netherlands and Germany share a great deal … Read more
Dutch is primarily spoken in the Netherlands, a country with over 17 million inhabitants. The Dutch language, however, is spoken by close to 29 million people word-wide if you also count second-language speakers and over 40 million if you include the very closely related Afrikaans language of South Africa and Nairobi. The Dutch language belongs … Read more
As a native Dane, something that I’ve noticed when speaking to people from far and wide (and especially the US.. Sorry, Americans!) is that people tend to be confused about my nationality and my language. I’ve lost count of how many times people assumed that the Danish speak Dutch. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t … Read more
The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, which means that it is related to Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German and English to name a few. But how close is Dutch actually to English? Can an English speaker understand some degree of Dutch, or is it at least accessible to learn? Well, there’s no doubt that … Read more
Dutch is a West-Germanic language closely related to English and German. Some might even say that it looks like a mix between the two. It’s spoken by over 24 million people in the Netherlands and Belgium and it’s a language that some people consider hard to learn. But how difficult is Dutch really? In my … Read more
The Dutch language is a Germanic language closely related to English and German. It is spoken mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium but also in a country like Suriname. The Dutch language is actually not that difficult to learn for an English speaker. But deciding to start learning a foreign language is an important decision, … Read more
Dutch is a language of around 25 million speakers mostly in the Netherlands and to some extent in Belgium. The language is of the Germanic language family making it closely related to English and German. This is clearly visible because most of the words of Germanic origin look and sound like English. Dutch is not … Read more
