Frisian surviving against all odds

Frisian, the closest relative to English, spoken in Friesland (a province of the Netherlands), is still being spoken. A speaker of Modern English will not be able to understand it, but speakers of Old English and Old Frisian could have communicated easily:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-12-23/first-cousin-english-language-alive-and-well-netherlands

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