On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:25 AM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Serbian isn't a launguage. It's a dialect of the Central South Slavic diasystem and one of the projects I had in mind when I brought up smaller languages becoming POV forks.
Saying that something is not a language is a strong claim. Talking about one standard language as a dialect is a non-scientific claim. Serbian language is one of the standard varieties based on Eastern-Herzegovian dialect of Shtokavian diasystem. Also, it is not based on Central South Slavic diasystem, because standard Serbian language is not based on Torlakian, Chakavian nor Kaykavian.
You also need to considered the argument beyond wikipedia. The ratio of scientific papers published in english compared to any eastern European language (except to an extent Russian) is very considerable. This is not something wikipedia can do anything about. Even if such languages do get more extensive beyond a certain point they will be relying on English references.
Yes. This is true.