Hi Wouter,
Can you tell me, do you think Zeelandic is further or the same
distance linguistically from Dutch as Limburgish??
Mark
On 11/06/05, Wouter Steenbeek <musiqolog(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
We are currently inconsistent in our treatment of
different linguistic
situations. I do not think this inconsistency is good, but I also do
not think it is a grave crisis. I am not even certain that consistency
is desirable -- there may not be a "one size fits all" solution to this
question.
There isn't any. Think about Norwegian (bokmaol and nynorsk), Swedish and
Danish - they could easily be grouped as variants of one language,
"Continental Nordic". Yet I think it would have been madness to grant them
only one Wikipedia, certainly as all Scandinavian Wikipedias are among those
with the best speakers-size comparision.
Are all people who could read Zeelandic and Town Frisian also people who
can read standard Dutch? Then we don't *need* them for our primary
mission, but they would be a nice thing to have as well, if it makes
social sense for the community. (Meaning, if there are enough people
who want to do it, etc.)
Yes, they all can, as they learn Dutch proper only at school (and Frisian,
for the Town Frisian speakers). But they have a certain pride of their
languages, especially the Zealandic speakers, and I am pretty sure I can get
some willing contributors behind a Wikipedia. (I won't even request it if my
quest for other contributors fails!)
Wouter
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