Gerrit Holl wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Gerrit Holl wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Nevertheless, I don't care that they exist. I think a "playground" can help increase productivity in the serious projects, but even if it doesn't, a humorous joke encyclopedia is a productive endeavour too.
Allemannisch is not a dialect.
What was the purpose of that message?
I don't think als: is a playground for dialectal silliness, perhaps for language-silliness but that's not the same.
We all know that the difference between "dialect" and "language" is a political one, and linguistically meaningless. That Allemannic is *widely considered* a dialect, at least in Germany, is indisputable.
Timwi