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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/07/2017 11:18 AM, Eitan wrote:<br>
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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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Ed Alexander<br>
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