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minus-square@Shou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoDidn’t every language start as a dialect?
minus-square@rumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoPossibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.
Didn’t every language start as a dialect?
Possibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.