The nearest relative of English is Frisian, spoken in the Frisian Islands off the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. English is a Germanic language can easily be perceived by comparing it to German, Dutch, and Frisian-all West Germanic languages. The word water is common to English and Dutch, and other words are not very different in the languages. The relation between English; That is good and German; Das ist gut is evident.
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