Re: Languages of the world

From: Adam Twardoch (list.adam@twardoch.com)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 18:35:45 CST

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    From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>

    > I usually give the answer 'Somewhere between 4,000 and 7,000 depending on
    > where you draw the line between langauges and dialects'.

    By Max Weinreich's definition, a language is a dialect with an army and a
    navy. So Slovak's fate is unsure ;)

    A.

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