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robot_tron t1_j20al5q wrote

Reply to comment by Akagiyama in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator

English and German share a significant percentage of cognates, and going back and forth between those is generally much easier than pairing English with other languages. Same situation between the romance languages.

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FabulouslyFrantic t1_j21lyjx wrote

Interestingly, these pairs do not always reciprocate understanding.

Italians have some trouble learning Romanians, however Romanians find it much easier to learn Italian.

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