The Frisian language is considered the closest to English. Frisian is spoken in the northern Netherlands and northern Germany. Here is a list of twenty Frisian words along with the equivalents in English, Dutch and German:
brea (bread) (brood) (Brot)
dei (day) (dag) (Tag)
ear (ear) (oor) (Ohr)
fisk (fish) (vis) (Fisch)
goes (geese) (gans) (Gans)
grien (green) (groen) (grün)
it (it) (het) (es)
jier (year) (jaar) (Jahr)
kat (cat) (poes) (Katze)
ko (cow) (koe) (Kuh)
read (red) (rood) (rot)
rein (rain) (regen) (Regen)
sied (seed) (zaad) (Samen)
skiep (sheep) (schaap) (Schaf)
stjer (star) (ster) (Sterne)
tsiis (cheese) (kaas) (Käse)
tsjerke (church) (kerk) (Kirche)
wei (way) (weg) (Weg)
wêr (where) (waar) (wo)
wiet (wet) (nat) (nass)
Many of the Frisian words are very close to English. In a number of words such as grien (green), skiep (sheep) and tsiis (cheese), English and Frisian maintain the high front [i], but German and Dutch do not. The list helps to illustrate the similarity of English and Frisian.
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