Afrikaans

Dutch speakers understand Afrikaans better than Afrikaans speakers understand Dutch.

Afrikaans

Because Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch, it is far simpler for Afrikaans speakers to understand their "mother tongue" than the other way around. A significant degree of mutual understanding exists between written languages.

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