[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Sardininan - Sassarese languages orlanguage and dialect?]

[Dan Rosenthal]

You forgot the "Hoi,".

-Dan
On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Nicolò Zamperini wrote:

> O_o First Gerard sentence was: "Sassarese is a language 'cause ISO,
> Ethnologue etc."
>
> ???
>
> 2007/9/11, Debbie Garside <debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk>:
>>
>>  I don't think we are actually saying anything different here.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Nicolò Zamperini [mailto:nick1915 at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 11 September 2007 15:32
>> *To:* debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk; Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Sardininan - Sassarese languages
>> orlanguage and dialect?]
>>
>>
>>
>> 2007/9/11, Debbie Garside <debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk>:
>>>
>>> Languages, dialects, complexes and clusters etc. should be  
>>> considered
>>> from
>>> the bottom up... In most cases it is a combination of dialects that
>>> makes a
>>> language - usually with one dialect being used as the preferred
>>> standard.
>>>
>>> Thus languages are formed from dialects that can be much older  
>>> than the
>>> language itself but in creating a hierarchy it is easier to show the
>>> dialects under the language.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Debbie
>>
>>
>>
>> It is not simple: language and dialect are the same thing, the only
>> difference is geographical (num. of speakers)
>> Variant is a variant of that language when it is typologicaly  
>> similiar.
>> (see Sass. and Sard)
>>
>>
>>
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