On 31 Jan 2018, at 21:48, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
If we reject Montenegrin, but support Western Armenian, we'll have to explain it.
Absolutely we do not have to do this.
Let me rephrase this: People will likely raise questions about it, and it would be nice if we had a good reply.
The linguistic differences between the Eastern Armenian language and the Western Armenian language are well-attested and obvious. This is unrelated to any determination that might be made about other languages.
I am nowhere near being an expert in Armenian languages. Knowing Russian doesn't make me an expert in South Slavic languages either, which is why I try to be careful and reserved in my judgment about Montenegrin.
The document about Armenian that Michael attached seems convincing to me. If a similar document is provided about Montenegrin, we may consider approving it. I couldn't find anything nearly as convincing in the long discussions about Montenegrin.
Because its a variety of Serbian?
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