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European Languages According To The Dutch

February 5, 2017 23 Comments

European Languages According To The Dutch

Map created by reddit user dvtxc

The map above is a humours look at how the Dutch view other European languages.

Of course Dutch itself is view as the best language, with English being their second language since over 90% of people in the Netherlands can speak it.

A few of the other languages singled out include:

  • German: (fake) over complicated Dutch
  • Danish: Unintelligible inhuman sounds (total disaster)
  • Swedish: Furniture names (due to Ikea)
  • Finnish: How does one even learn this language?
  • Estonian: Or this one?
  • Hungarian: Totally alien language (since it, Finish and Estonian are part of the the Finno-Ugric language family)
  • Italian: Sign language (due to all the hand motions)
  • Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian: Mirrored letters (since they written using the Cyrillic alphabet)
  • Greek: These were made with math symbols right?

For a slighter more serious look at language, have a look at the following books:

  • Lingo: A Language Spotter’s Guide to Europe
  • The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
  • The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind’s Greatest Invention

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Comments

  1. VarAway says

    February 16, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Very, VERY Funny! ( furniture language )
    Thank you.

    Reply
  2. jtyjhy says

    July 31, 2017 at 12:23 am

    “Brazillian” “salsa tequilla” and “funnier with a mickey mouse voice”
    lmfaoo

    Reply
  3. Duarte says

    August 11, 2017 at 11:05 am

    “Finnish”! Does anyone proofread this stuff?!?!?

    Reply
    • Cruiser Crody says

      June 13, 2020 at 9:20 am

      How would you spell it?

      Reply
  4. Walda Otankis says

    August 11, 2017 at 3:10 pm

    What about the Baltic sister countries, Latvia and Lithuania? They stand alone with their language from 5000 years ago.

    Reply
  5. Poptoy1949 says

    August 12, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    Spain has no Tequilla………Never did.

    Reply
    • Zimriel says

      November 8, 2017 at 5:25 am

      Pretty sure Spain has tequila now. Didn’t they import a lot of Latin Americans? I know I saw some Native Americans in Portugal(!), selling Inca trinkets, when I went there.

      Reply
      • Poptoy1949 says

        November 8, 2017 at 6:07 am

        ???

        Reply
  6. Dominique Ligot says

    August 13, 2017 at 3:51 am

    No comment ! We are the best

    Reply
  7. skerdi meta says

    September 9, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    Do the Dutch have an opinion on the Albanian language?

    Reply
    • willem westerlaken says

      May 6, 2018 at 7:20 pm

      No we have never heard of it.

      Reply
      • anonymous says

        June 11, 2020 at 6:08 am

        … it’s a peasant language for orcs.

        Reply
  8. pst314 says

    May 8, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    Why is Iceland labeled “black speech”? Is that a reference to orc speech in the Lord of the Rings?

    Reply
    • jhans says

      May 13, 2020 at 8:35 am

      i’m Dutch, I have no idea.

      The only two Islandic words I’ve ever seen in on Dutch tv are Eyjafjallajökull and Björk.

      Reply
  9. Paul says

    June 11, 2020 at 6:03 am

    Italy? Lanugage

    Reply
  10. Lygia says

    June 12, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    Oh, you missed Faroese. Unforgivable! 😂😂

    Reply
  11. Mark says

    June 13, 2020 at 6:32 am

    Seems the Dutch haven’t even heard of their own West Frisian language, as it’s not on the map !

    Reply
    • Jj says

      January 18, 2021 at 8:17 pm

      Officialy West Frisian is dialect and Frisian is a language. Not that it makes any difference. I don’t understand both of them

      Reply
  12. H Court says

    June 13, 2020 at 8:08 am

    Love here and there is NO WAY 90% speak English.

    Reply
    • Jj says

      January 18, 2021 at 8:15 pm

      True. I am Dutch and don’t understand anyone in Liverpool))

      Reply
  13. Anita says

    January 18, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    Salsa Tequila? There are more Spanish people than Mexican people here!

    Reply
  14. Jj says

    January 18, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    Officialy West Frisian is dialect and Frisian is a language. Not that it makes any difference. I don’t understand both of them

    Reply
  15. Maree we n says

    February 28, 2021 at 9:29 am

    What? No opinion on Basque? Shame!

    Reply

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