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English and Dutch are quite close, both being varieties of Low German. Only Frisian is considered to be closer to English.



Could you explain this a little more? The few links I have, such as
http://www.bartleby.com/61/indoeuro.html and
http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html show English and Low German both being part of the West Germanic family, but do not show English as a variety of Low German. Unless I'm misunderstanding what is meant by "variety", which seems quite likely.

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