<div dir="rtl"><div dir="auto">Yes. Definitely lively, that's why we should make Google add it.</div><div dir="ltr">I really don't see the point of making West Frisian a seperate language though, </div><div dir="ltr">as it doesn't contain that much of a unique vocabulary, and strongly resembles Dutch. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">בתאריך 20 ביולי 2017 8:24 אחה״צ, "Lowlands Languages & Cultures" <<a href="mailto:lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lowlands-l@listserv.<wbr>linguistlist.org</a>> כתב:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div>
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<div dir="ltr"> I've requested Facebook they should add low
german into their language poll since they recently had added
West Frisian which isn't much an obvious choice.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">That being the case, to my surprise Google
Translate added West Frisian as well.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I don't consider West frisian the closest
language to English language because of certain reasons.
Here's what I wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Low german (of plaudietsch language) is spoken by
450,000 people around the world, which is about on par with
Frisian on the total. It has a rich body of literature,
including the bible, and many unique expressions and vowel
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<div dir="ltr">Compared to what is spoken in west friesland,
it's a fully-fledged and dynamic language. And while it is
true that Frisian is recognised minority language in the
Netherlands, Plautdietsch is recognised in belize and has a
minority status there.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Do you agree?</div>
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Sure doesn't look dead to me.<br>
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