Many native speakers of Dutch, both in Belgium and the Netherlands, assume that Afrikaans and West Frisian are dialects of Dutch but are considered separate and distinct from Dutch: a daughter language and a sister language, respectively. Afrikaans evolved mainly from 17th century Dutch dialects, but had influences from various other languages in South Africa. However, it is still largely <answer>mutually intelligible</answer> with Dutch. (West) Frisian evolved from the same West Germanic branch as Old English and is less akin to Dutch.
What two-word phrase describes the relationship whereby Dutch and Afrikaans speakers can understand each other?
mutually intelligible