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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VarAway says
February 16, 2017 at 11:34 amVery, VERY Funny! ( furniture language )
Thank you.
jtyjhy says
July 31, 2017 at 12:23 am“Brazillian” “salsa tequilla” and “funnier with a mickey mouse voice”
lmfaoo
Duarte says
August 11, 2017 at 11:05 am“Finnish”! Does anyone proofread this stuff?!?!?
Walda Otankis says
August 11, 2017 at 3:10 pmWhat about the Baltic sister countries, Latvia and Lithuania? They stand alone with their language from 5000 years ago.
Poptoy1949 says
August 12, 2017 at 5:10 pmSpain has no Tequilla………Never did.
Zimriel says
November 8, 2017 at 5:25 amPretty 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.
Poptoy1949 says
November 8, 2017 at 6:07 am???
Dominique Ligot says
August 13, 2017 at 3:51 amNo comment ! We are the best
skerdi meta says
September 9, 2017 at 1:31 pmDo the Dutch have an opinion on the Albanian language?
willem westerlaken says
May 6, 2018 at 7:20 pmNo we have never heard of it.
pst314 says
May 8, 2018 at 5:58 pmWhy is Iceland labeled “black speech”? Is that a reference to orc speech in the Lord of the Rings?