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

[Nicolò Zamperini]

Yep, I agree :)

2007/9/11, Debbie Garside <debbie a ictmarketing.co.uk>:
>
>  I have already said that it is not down to ISO to classify.  I do not
> think that everything within Ethnologue is a language and likewise I do not
> think that everything that is not in Ethnologue is not a language.  I think
> you will find that SIL and the ISO 639-3 RA are of the same mind.  I think
> the argument "what is a language?" is a lengthy one :-)
>
> Best
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Nicolò Zamperini [mailto:nick1915 a gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 11 September 2007 15:51
> *To:* debbie a ictmarketing.co.uk; Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Sardininan - Sassarese languages
> orlanguage and dialect?]
>
> O_o First Gerard sentence was: "Sassarese is a language 'cause ISO,
> Ethnologue etc."
>
> ???
>
> 2007/9/11, Debbie Garside < debbie a ictmarketing.co.uk>:
> >
> >  I don't think we are actually saying anything different here.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* Nicolò Zamperini [mailto:nick1915 a gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* 11 September 2007 15:32
> > *To:* debbie a ictmarketing.co.uk; Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> > *Subject:* Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Sardininan - Sassarese languages
> > orlanguage and dialect?]
> >
> >
> >
> >  2007/9/11, Debbie Garside < debbie a 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)
> >
> >
> >
>