Is Swiss German similar to Dutch?
From the answers, it looks like that somewhat coincidentally, the two languages share a lot of the same phonetics but they’re on opposite sides of the Germanic spectrum.
Are Germans and Swiss the same?
Swiss-German is pretty much just a variation or a dialect of standardized German language. It is the collective name for Alemannic dialects that are spoken in Switzerland. … Swiss German differs from standardized German language in phonology, vocabulary and grammar.
Do Swiss speak Dutch?
There remains a small Romansh-speaking native population in Grisons in the east. The cantons of Fribourg, Bern and Valais are officially bilingual; Grisons is officially trilingual.
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Other languages.
| Language | Dutch | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 Mother tongue | Number | 11,840 |
| % | 0.2% | |
| 2015 Main language | Number | 22,357 |
| % | 0.3% | |
Can German understand Dutch?
German: Dutch. … The Levenshtein distance between written Dutch and German is 50.4% as opposed to 61.7% between English and Dutch. The spoken languages are much more difficult to understand for both. Studies show Dutch speakers have slightly less difficulty in understanding German speakers than vice versa.