tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post7786778039198822855..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: Are Dutch and Afrikaans mutually intelligible?Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-84753655485160123412010-01-02T09:16:31.224+09:002010-01-02T09:16:31.224+09:00Same here. Native Dutch speaker. I understood abou...Same here. Native Dutch speaker. I understood about 95% of what she said. Though I'll concede that without the context of the interview question, I'd definitely score a lot lower.<br /><br />Plus, I love how she always responds with "definitief". She has just won a fan.Jeroennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-36908674792247915372009-10-12T21:25:32.647+09:002009-10-12T21:25:32.647+09:00with a bit of effort I could follow at least 90% o...with a bit of effort I could follow at least 90% of it (I'm a native Dutch speaker).Arjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889112872843077825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-48232330824752696702009-10-12T18:36:51.368+09:002009-10-12T18:36:51.368+09:00I know - I've linked to your site before with ...I know - I've linked to your site before with the numbers on mutual intelligibility. I probably should have said that they are *with effort*, as shown in the interview. I'm sure it would be much harder to understand if the interviewer were hanging out with his friends or vice versa, talking in their own language at a breakneck pace without needing to worry about toning it down to make it Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-31218260955377022602009-10-12T18:31:47.275+09:002009-10-12T18:31:47.275+09:00This is not really true. Dutch and Afrikaans have ...This is not really true. Dutch and Afrikaans have about 80% intelligibility in general. That is probably true for Dutch-Afrikaans. For Afrikaans-Dutch it is worse - around 65%. I know this because I have read quite a bit on this subject. Now, you may well consider 65-80% to be intelligible but I don't.Robert Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213140951444357431noreply@blogger.com