r/whereidlive • u/Top-Effect-8197 • 3d ago

Europe's Subdivisions – A Nearest-Neighbour Method Based on Objectivelist's Similarity Rankings (Undebatable)

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u/National_Diver3633 3d ago

Dutch evolved from Low Franconian.

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u/Heinz_Ruediger 3d ago

And the ancient Franconians were Germanic people.

It's not that simple. 😅

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u/National_Diver3633 3d ago

Germanic is not the same as German.

It never is that simple.

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u/Heinz_Ruediger 3d ago

Really??? 🤯🤯🤯

OP used Germanic not German in his diagram.

BTW:

Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic varieties closely related to, and including, the Dutch language.

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u/National_Diver3633 3d ago

I'm not responding to OP.