In your opinion...
What distinguishes languages from dialects?
like, we all speak dialects because there's no single person who can speak a standard language.
Dutch is language now,because it has standard form.Dutch was Low Franconian varieties of Low German dialects group in early Middle Ages,but not language.
<<morphology, pronunciation >>
I agree, especially with morphology.
As touching pronunciation, that can vary between dialects and even varieties, which leaves morphology, but alone morphology is not enough. Two languages in theory can have the same morphology yet be distinct, so the combination of both hits the nail on the head quite nicely.
<<Dutch is language now,because it has standard form.Dutch was Low Franconian varieties of Low German dialects group in early Middle Ages,but not language. >>
Some languages do not have standards, yet are languages. In my opinion, Dutch was always a language. The definition above is what I would term "official language"
I agree, especially with morphology.
As touching pronunciation, that can vary between dialects and even varieties, which leaves morphology, but alone morphology is not enough. Two languages in theory can have the same morphology yet be distinct, so the combination of both hits the nail on the head quite nicely.
<<Dutch is language now,because it has standard form.Dutch was Low Franconian varieties of Low German dialects group in early Middle Ages,but not language. >>
Some languages do not have standards, yet are languages. In my opinion, Dutch was always a language. The definition above is what I would term "official language"
Maravilha Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:47 pm GMT
Language is a dialect with a navy.
That's it. End of discussion.
Language is a dialect with a navy.
That's it. End of discussion.
Don't forget the army.
A language is a dialect with an army and navy
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy)
A language is a dialect with an army and navy
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy)
<<A language is a dialect with an army and navy >>
And if the nation is land-locked, like Chad?
And if the nation is land-locked, like Chad?
And if the nation is land-locked, like Chad?
That's why there's no "Chadean" language as far as I know.
That's why there's no "Chadean" language as far as I know.
What are West Frisian,North Frisian and Saterland Frisian? Separate languages or groups of dialects of one Frisian language?
Piedmontese or Sicilianu are separate languages or dialects of Italian?
Leonese is separate language or dialect of Spanish?
Limburgish is separate language or mix of Dutch and German dialects?
Piedmontese or Sicilianu are separate languages or dialects of Italian?
Leonese is separate language or dialect of Spanish?
Limburgish is separate language or mix of Dutch and German dialects?
Flemish merchants spoke in their own dialect (or "language") with merchants of Hamburg or Luebeck without translation (and vice versa) in Hanseatic times.