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They are two distinct Germanic languages. However, the phoneme inventories are remarkably similar. This is usually masked by the profound differences in prosody. However, these prosodic differences become less prominent when the languages are sung. Find some Dutch and Swedish songs on YouTube to hear this effect.

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