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
Very, VERY Funny! ( furniture language )
Thank you.
jtyjhy says
“Brazillian” “salsa tequilla” and “funnier with a mickey mouse voice”
lmfaoo
Duarte says
“Finnish”! Does anyone proofread this stuff?!?!?
Walda Otankis says
What about the Baltic sister countries, Latvia and Lithuania? They stand alone with their language from 5000 years ago.
Poptoy1949 says
Spain has no Tequilla………Never did.
Zimriel says
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.
Poptoy1949 says
???
Dominique Ligot says
No comment ! We are the best
skerdi meta says
Do the Dutch have an opinion on the Albanian language?
willem westerlaken says
No we have never heard of it.
pst314 says
Why is Iceland labeled “black speech”? Is that a reference to orc speech in the Lord of the Rings?
jhans says
i’m Dutch, I have no idea.
The only two Islandic words I’ve ever seen in on Dutch tv are Eyjafjallajökull and Björk.