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European Languages According To The Dutch

February 5, 2017 28 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
      • Martyn Brewer says

        April 18, 2022 at 7:36 pm

        I am English and I sometimes don’t understand Liverpuddlian.

        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
  16. Emmie de Boer says

    April 17, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    The top 10 most spoken languages ​​in the world
    (Only 22 million poepie in the world speak Dutch…I am one of them😀)
    No.LanguageAmount of speakers1.Mandarin Chinese1248 million2.Spanish437 million3.English372 million4.Arabic295 million5.Hindi260 million6.Bengali242 million7.Portuguese219 million8.Russian154 million9.Japanese128 million10.Punjabi119 million

    Reply
  17. N says

    April 18, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    If you’re going to write about languages, spell check and grammar check first. Adds a lot to your credibility!

    Reply
  18. N says

    April 18, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    I am sure no dutch person confuses Spain for a Latin American country . Salsa and tequila are as foreign to Spain as they are to the Netherlands. . Same with the Portugal/Brazil joke – seriously do you realize how far and foreign Brazil is for Europeans? This is so obviously created by a dumb American. Its embarrassing – we are not all this ignorant in the US

    Reply
  19. Dutchie says

    November 29, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    If you ask my fellow Dutch(wo)men their opinion on French language, you’ll often hear that we think it sounds like music and would love to learn if they wouldn’t bully you on every mistake as soon as you try.

    Reply

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