[Foundation-l] Sassarese and Sardinian

[GerardM]

Hoi,
FYI "Standard Italian, adopted by the state after the unification of Italy,
is based on Tuscan dialect and is somewhat intermediate between
Italo-Dalmatian languages of the South and Northern Italian dialects of the
North." This is what the English wikipedia has to say about it. This
indicates clearly that Italian was constructed at the time.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On 9/11/07, senpai <wikisenpai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dante Alighieri spoke Toskanian Vulgar (volgare toscano) that has becamed
> the italian language after the 1300.
>
> Senpai
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GerardM" <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Sassarese and Sardinian
>
> > Hoi,
> > Dante Alighieri did not speak Italian. The medieval notion of "noble
> > aulic,
> > courtier and distinguished" are not the same notions as we have today.
> > They
> > are also not the notions that are used to get recognition from such
> bodies
> > as ISO and thank <insert your favourite deity> for that. It would for
> > instance not allow for sign languages to be recognised as such.
> >
> > It is not that relevant what politicians call a language. The
> recognition
> > that is valid for the Wikimedia Foundation is not decided by any
> > particular
> > political entity. There is literature in the Sardinian languages. It is
> > however not possible for a constructed language to usurp the existing
> > literature and claim it their own in order to get ISO recognition.
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
> >
>
>
>
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