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How easy is Dutch for Afrikaans speakers?
Going from Afrikaans to Dutch (Nederlands) has a composite linguistic distance of 9% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.
9% distance
FSI Cat I (Easiest) â 600â750 hours
Lexical similarity
85%
Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.
Grammatical distance
86%
Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.
Phonological similarity
100%
Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.
Writing-system match
100%
Latin â Latin
Genealogical kinship
100%
Indo-European â Indo-European
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Sample sentences side-by-side
How everyday sentences look in both languages:
đżđŚ Afrikaans
Het huis staat naast de rivier en heeft een grote tuin.
đłđą Dutch
Die huis staan langs die rivier en het 'n groot tuin.
đżđŚ Afrikaans
De boeken liggen op de tafel in de kamer.
đłđą Dutch
Die boeke lĂŞ op die tafel in die kamer.
Curated cognates between Afrikaans and Dutch
Word pairs that share a common etymological root â instantly recognisable across both languages:
water
water â water
house
huis â huis
milk
melk â melk
good
goed â goed
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