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Mutually Intelligible LanguagesA pair of languages is said to be mutually intelligible if speakers of one language can readily understand the other language. A group of languages is said to be mutually intelligible if all the language-pairs in the group are mutually intelligible. According to some definitions, if two speakers are sufficiently mutually intelligible, they are actually speaking the same language. Sometimes different speakers of what is considered the same language are not mutually intelligible. For more on this, see Dialect. It usually requires considerable time and effort to learn or understand a new language. However, many languages are similar in their grammar and vocabulary to other related languages. Speakers of these languages find it relatively easy to read or to understand the related language or languages. However, the intelligibility among languages can vary from individuals, according to their knowledge of their own tongue, their interests in other cultures, their broadmindedness and other factors. List of mutually intelligible languages Written and spoken forms - Afrikaans, Dutch-Flemish, Frisian and Low Saxon.
- Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia
- Bulgarian and Macedonian
- Cornish, Breton, and Welsh
- Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
- English and Lowland Scots
- Finnish (Suomi) and Estonian (Eesti).
- French, Walloon, Romansh, and Occitan
- Occitan and northern Italian dialects
- Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and Italian
- Punjabi, Seraiki, and Hindko.
- Russian, Belarussian, and Ukrainian
- Romanian and Moldovan, sometimes considered the same language differentiated due to political reasons.
- Samoan and Tongan
- Sardinian and Italian
- Gaelic and Irish
- Slovak,Czech, and Polish.
- Thai and Laotian
- Turkish and Azeri
- Ukrainian and Polish
- Zulu and Xhosa
Spoken forms only Written forms only - Written Mandarin and written Cantonese (but not if the vernacular is written)
- Icelanders can read Old Norse with little difficulty
Related languages that are not mutually intelligible List of mutually intelligible languages in ancient times
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