This is why Dutch sounds so weird.
Welcome to our latest video, 'Why Dutch Sounds So Weird'! 🇳🇱🤔 Have you ever heard Dutch and thought it was a mix of German and a keyboard smash? Well, you're not alone! In this video, we dive into the quirks and charms of the Dutch language. We explore its guttural sounds, unique vocabulary, and why it might just be one of the most fascinating languages you've never paid attention to.
Whether you're a language buff, a Dutch enthusiast, or just someone who giggles at the sound of 'schaap' (it means sheep 🐑), this video will unpack the weirdness and wonder of Dutch. Get ready for a light-hearted journey through the land of windmills, tulips, and 'gezelligheid' - all through the lens of its language.
OUTLINE:
00:00:00 "The Great Dutch Mystery"
00:00:26 "A Journey to the Past"
00:01:58 "The Evolution of the Gargling 'G'"
00:03:19 "The Great Dutch Language Recap"
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This is 100% filler and 0% content
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@@LanguagesCountriesNever mind this losing hater. 😎
@max200023 came to comments to say exactly this. i assume it's AI generated
yup, leave it to AI to sound knowledgeable even when saying nothing. "what have we learned so far" got me to spill my drink.
@@LanguagesCountries even your reply sounds AI generated
"The Romans elegantly made its presence known. The Romans as they often did, peacefully established their presence" My ass xD
pax romana indeed was more like 'bow down to rome, or die'.
@@asdf42042 Sad,but probably somewhat true,friends.
What about the spanish j and g? Same sound.
How to talk about the Dutch 'G' without once pronouncing a Dutch 'G'.
Thank you for the feedback, will do in another video!
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In English also known as "KH"
That’s because ChatGPT only spits out text 🙄 🥱
Video which gives no Dutch language examples and is totally in English. 🤔
he also used a AI thumbnail.. it's another of those zero effort view-farmers.. lazy content..
I mean it is impressive to mention the G sound 15 times without ever giving an example ... that is truely unique.
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Quite easy it sounds like a cough with vomiting😂😂😂😂
Nice filming, utterly stupid video not once giving an example of the G sound or any spoken Dutch.
is this entire channel AI generated
I'm using AI as a tool to help me making these videos. I promise that the next videos will be better.
It definitely sounds like it. Totally worthless.
@@LanguagesCountries Are you getting used to the Dutch directness? 😂
@@LanguagesCountries thats the problem though nobody likes AI generated content, its another thing if it can help inspire you for having content ideas, but its different if you rely on it too much and use it too auto generate content for you.
I really liked the Ukrainian folk costumes in it!!! It added to the mix of nice pics and contentless phrases.
Just like the typical Dutch 'th'-consonant, which can be practiced by painstakingly putting the tip of ones tongue between the front teeth, as shown from 2:06 🙂
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@@LanguagesCountries Yes, there's huge room for improvement.
A 4-minute video about a sound which we will not let you hear. We will just describe it. More or less. And we will take the last 1 and a half minute by summarizing the humbug from the previous minutes. All for the clicks.
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This is an entirely AI produced video. There's gonna be more of these.
As a German I can understand almost 80% of the Dutch language. For me it's a weird mixture between old German and English.
So you already speak English and you obviously speak German: so to speak Dutch must be easy for you. 🤔
@@japiooo3922 I can speak a few sentences, but since I don't visit the Netherlands anymore, there is no reason for me to learn this language.
German is like a Dutch dialect gone too far off, and English has so much Normandic French and Latin wordt that it lost it's coherente 🙂
The harsh "g" is not unique to Dutch. It is also used in Hebrew and Arabic. What is unique is the "ui" sound in Dutch.
A video about the sound of a language that doesn’t play a single second of said language is a ridiculous and pointless thing to do.
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In the south you have a soft G. Instead of the Netherlands above the rivers.
I think that these beautiful pictures require a completely different text about the Netherlands than about the pronunciation of the G
still not learned where the G came from, because the video does not explain.
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Sounds like the whole script was generated by an A.I.
Why can't I access the report button for this spam video? It should be under three dots next to the Save button, but those aren't shown here. (It can still be reported from the channel page, though.)
Your video titled 'Why Dutch sounds so weird' misses the mark entirely. It's a haphazard assembly of nonsensical AI-generated text, with no real substance or coherent explanation provided. The repetitive nature of the content and the lazy use of text-to-speech narration paired with unrelated stock footage only contribute to the overall disappointment. As a newcomer to video creation, it's clear there's much room for improvement. Instead of promising better videos in the future, it would be more prudent to remove this one altogether and focus on producing content of actual value. Take this as a learning experience and strive for quality over quantity in your future endeavors.
‘The dutch g’. We have about 5 of them.
Swiss-German and Hebrew and for that matter Arabic and Welsh also have the uvular fricative (or close variants).
Interesting, but as I'm not familiar with the sound, it would have helped if you'd included a demonstration...Speak a few words, that we may hear the sound...
Thank you for the feedback. Definitely do that in another video!
He can't, therein lies the problem.
I understand. Only the Dutch can...
Imagine, you have dry peanutbutter in the back of your throat. It's the sound you make to clear it.
Ah, now I get it...
5 minute video. No actual information. No hard or soft g spoken or heard. Is this AI generated filler?
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@@LanguagesCountriesYour answer sounds AI generated as well. So we're finally there.
The Romans peacefully establish their presence .....WoW!This is far beside the truth!!🤣🤣
I would like to hear this Dutch "G" spoken ..
I'm from the Netherlands. As far as I know the west and north of our country didn't always had the harsh G. There was a time the whole country had the more soft G like they have in the East, South and Belgium. I read somewhere that the harsh G is inherited from Hebrew/Yiddish mingled in to our language when the Jewish started to migrate here. But it's just one of the many theories. They ain't entirely sure where the harsh G comes from.
Another theory of some linguistic scholars is that the Hard G was most used by the merchants and upper class in Amsterdam. other regions of the Netherlands copied that hard G to sound more "úpperclass" The soft g most spoken in south, south/east part of the Netherlands and Belgium is lingustic way more richer then the nord/west hard G A word like gloor and chloor sounds the same with a hard G but sounds different spoken with a soft g. (G is spoken like a soft g, CH is spoken like a hard G )
@@obelic71 I know this theory. And I don't doubt it. I actually think this is a fact. But it doesn't clarify how the harsh G developed in Amsterdam. Because also Amsterdam didn't always had this harsh G. So I think if you combine our stories you basically have the answer on what happened.
You are right, het is begonnen met de introductie en mix van de Jiddische taal in het Nederlands
My favourite sounds are aa,ui, ieuw, ee,ooi and aai Baai ~ bay Ui ~ onion Kieuw ~ gill Been ~ leg Ooi ~ female sheep Lawaai ~ loud noizes Im not such a fan of sch, but do like g- but the belgian variant.
non-Dutch languages sound weird.
The G sound comes from an 80year war in Holland with the Spanish approx 400 hundred years ago... That's where the unique NJ Sound comes from too btw...
I thought so. I lived in Spain and the Netherlands. I noticed their J sounds like your G. Also both countries love their croquettes. Who of the two did croquettes first?
@@markbecker5951 Croquetas come from Spain too...
I disagree. Because then the G would be more typical for the Spanish Netherlands, what is today Belgium.
The south of Spain was occupied by Arabic, so they bring this "G" or KH to Spain.
But this g sound is also found in Hebrew, in Israel. So it seems to be common to all Semitic Languages. From there to Spain and from there to Netherlands seems entirely plausible. @@andyscheurweg5315
At 1.42 I’ve had my share of word salad. 👋
You sound weird, thank you! We just operate on a higher plane of existence.
So, i resume: is a evolution from the germanic dialect with a influence of the roman empire and the different sounds coming from the colonial times (like suriname food) and the g is different in the different regions .
I dare you to find more information in the video… write it down …
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I watched and listened till the end, a lot of words, but no explanation for the typical "g" sound is given.
I'm sorry, I'll try to do better next time.
I believe the Dutch G provides a phlegm-clearing function handy in the damp winter climate.
The Dutch G sound is by no means limited to Dutch, It can also be heard in Spaniish, ,Russian , Arab, and a number of other languages. This video is a tutal faiilure,
If you already speak English and Deutsch, then visit the Netherlands as I did, Dutch will definitely sound weird!
The Dutch hard "G" is getting WAY too much attention for it is pronounced this way in just 40% of the country. 60% pronounce the G in a different way and 35% of those 60% turn the G in a very soft sounding G! 😂
Good. Now try ei / ij, and then ui. You're not Dutch? No can do.
Scandinavian people can! Thru the Vikings who bring it to the Netherlands.
just put you on my "do not recommend" list and disliked the video because of the AI thumbnail.. do better, yikes..
the script also sounds like it is written by ai
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Dutch is an artificial language with rules often pretty vague as inconsistant that speakers as writers do not or simply can not apply them. In different regions of what is now The Netherlands (and Flanders) a variety of dialects was spoken and Latin was more or less the universal language. Dutch is a patchwork of borrowed words from other languages (stekker from German Stecker), ridiculous exceptions on conjugation of verbs (word wordt anybody? 😅), a general blend of German English Norwegian Swedish and Danish. E kitchen D Küche N kjøkken NL keuken you get the idea that is pretty close... In the east and south Dutch is more a formal language than a spoken language.
From where did you get your information? Dutch grammar is very detailed and mandatory. The work of writers who don't not apply the grammar rules will never be publicised. Yes, dialects are spoken, but all Dutchmen can speak and write standard Dutch (standaard Nederlands) , although speaking it sometimes with a certain accent. Latin the universal language? Yes in the universities until seventeenth century, and in the catholic mass, until the twentieth century, but apart from that almost nobody had a clue about Latin. Dutch a patchwork of words from other languages? The Dutch language developed out of Low Franconian, a language that, with regional variations, was spoken in the Netherlands, and parts of what now is Belgium , and parts of France and Germany, although in the latter three countries it was supplanted, totally or partly, by French or High German (Hochdeutsch). Yes, the conjugation of some Dutch verbs is irregular. But why should this be ridiculous? Isn't this the case in many languages (e.g. I am, you are etc). And yes, Dutch may have some similarity with German, English, Danish etc. But that is because all those languages belong to the Germanic language family. It's not that the Dutch cobbled their language together out of those languages.
We still have many languages and dialects in our small country!
I WANTED TO HEAR THE DAMN G!!
This is AI-generated content.
Relax people, the "Dutch G" also exists in the Arab language, and no one even seems to notice...
Een molen draait tegen de klok
this sounds ai generated as fuck
G G G G G, The gutteral G commonly heard in the Dutch language is not at all as unique as you suggest. Just listen to someone who speaks proper Spanish. Arabic languages also have the guttural G. In fact English has lost a lot of linguistic sounds from mainland Europe. A brand name like Peugeot cannot be pronounced correctly by English speakers. Appareil (French for device) is another word that English people cannot pronounce properly. I can think of a lot more linguistic sounds that are common on continental Europe but do not exist in English. I don't think that this makes the European languages 'weird', English just sounds rather limited.
My girlfriend is French. She's called Agnes. In French it sounds like "Anne-yes". The Dutch butcher it into "ACH-nuz". First time they referred to her like that, she thought they were referring to an Arab. 😉
1. The uniqueness of the Dutch sound is a LOT more then that "g", 2. No actual example of the sound of the Dutch language in a video about the sound of Dutch... What kind of - auto generated - nonsense is this???
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The G sound is NOT a singular entity; kzhead.info/sun/drVtoNmamH55o3A/bejne.htmlsi=MXAGEt9qMfMoKaDR but that is obvious.
grote grutjes
what are those Germans in the background?
All offer the world have you diatect il live in Amsterdam the Netherlands and coing many time to Z.Amerika it.s the same .
Romans and peace..???😂 Im exit
Clickbait
Is this produced by AI? Kind of boring, what's all this G sound?
What a load of touristic nonsensical banter. There is nothing special about the Dutch G sound. It is exactly the same in (Swiss)-German, several German dialects and Afrikaans. Nothing quirky at all.
Dutch is an interesting language, because it has evolved so much. It has lost most of its cases, contrary to German. My grandmother used to say "Gij vuilen dief", but that sounds archaic to me now. But that's only two generations away. It may be because we had so many language reforms in that time - with so little opposition in comparison with German. And it's still evolving, with new words added every year. It is, however, in strong competition with English. That language is slowly but surely seeping into the Dutch language. Don't be surprised when talking to a Dutchman when he's throwing in a few English expressions mid sentence.
Dutch is the least influenced language in Europe. Where other languages in countries around The Netherlands changed their language over the years, the Dutch language remained mostly the same. It is more related to the English language and not the German language and Friesch (Frisian) is even more closely related to English. My Grandfather spoke and even more old Dutch that is very similar to Afrikaans (South African language). When my Grandfather spoke of Deh Rechbanck (pronounce hard G and a aa sound for "banck") he was talking about Het aanrecht, kitchen counter. The centance: Door de deur....was a real ooooo sound and eeuu sound like in the old days.
"Don't recommend this ***-ing AI-generated channel."
this is AI nonsense.
I'm sorry to hear you don't like the video. I'll do my best to make the next one better!
I freaking HATE channels that keep on nagging but pospone answering the question in their title forever and ever. I gave up and added your channel tot the blocked list.
Is that a joke? To make a video about a language without any word spoken in that language? Or is that just sloppy and cheap AI video production? One of the worst YT videos I've seen recently.
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@@LanguagesCountries Well yes, you said this several times now.
water warer and water. zero information. is it AI generated?
"The Germanic influence gracefully increased" That's a first, hearing Germanic influence being associated with grace. 🤣
All languages in North west and middle Europe are Germanic languages. English, Danish, Norsk, Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch/Frisian/Flemish, Letzeburgish and German. The lack of grace preceived part of Germanic, comes from a specific Germanic tribe. The Vandals who plunderd souhern Europe, North Africa and were the only tribe to sack, plunder and burn down Rome to the ground, and gave us the word Vandalism. One Germanic tribe known for their grace and culture the Franks (Oui the French) got away with their Germanic language. In my opnion thats the reason most Germanic countries have a love/hate relationship with France.😉
The English g ("gee") sound is still nothing compared to the problems (to non-Dutch speakers, that is) that come with the Dutch version of the letter 'g' that is similar to the equally infamous sound produced by the Dutch 'ch' combination. Because even Germans simply can't pronounce it, the Dutch underground during World War II always used words involving the 'ch' sound as their passwords. What makes matters worse is that 'ch" can in fact be pronounced differently in different words. "Chaos" and "chocola(de)" both employ the "ch" combination, but it is pronounced differently. 'Chaos" is of course also an English word, but pronounced totally differently in Dutch. I won't even try to pronounce 'chaos' in Dutch, but 'chocolade' sounds like 'sjokola...' And then there is the letter 'y', which is in fact known in the Dutch alphabet but not used. Instead, in words where English uses a 'y', the Dutch equivalent will replace the 'y" with the 'i" and 'j' (ij) combination. How you pronounce that is another matter, but it usually sounds moreorless the same as the combination of 'ei"... I still think Dutch is a lovely language...
The hard g is from spanish influences mostly the 80 years war.
Disagree, because it would then be more pronounced in Belgium and "South of the Rivers".
If it's dutch, it's wonderful😂😂😂😂😂.
Now that was a waste of time...
I'm sorry to hear that, will do better next time!
The worst video about the dutch language ever.
This is definitely AI generated sh.. Don't watch it, it is an absolute waste of your time.
Complete waste of time!
What is this? An attempt to make the worst, The most useless, the least informing video?
DUTCH DOESN,T SOUND ,NOT MORE WEIRD THEN ENGLISH.
Than English.
Useless video!
Total clickbait and utterly useless video. Nothing is correct really. Dutch is considered the oldest Western language. You don't even know there is Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Modern Dutch. Please realize that English is derived from German and German from Dutch. Who is weird now?!
AI generated crap, no content, just word salad.