<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div><div>Dor bin ik met inferstaan.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Kevin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_1171631241" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div>On Thursday, July 20, 2017, 11:18:44 AM EDT, Lowlands Languages & Cultures <lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div id="yiv4828560865"><div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><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><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">That being the case, to my surprise Google Translate added West Frisian as well.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><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><div dir="ltr"><br></div><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 sounds. </div><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></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Do you agree?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best wishes,</div><div dir="ltr">Eitan</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>
</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>LOWLANDS-L mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:LOWLANDS-L@listserv.linguistlist.org" href="mailto:LOWLANDS-L@listserv.linguistlist.org">LOWLANDS-L@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br><a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lowlands-l" target=_blank>http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lowlands-l</a><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>