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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Typology colleagues, in fact, it was not
a joke to ask you about the typological difference between a dialect and a
language though in linguistics there is no answer to this question. However, the
sound picture of a dialect is different typologically from that of a
language. The sound picture of a language is the phonetic corpora of this
language. The corpora on the phonetic level are different by Ch-square. For
instance, in Mansi (Vogul) there are several dialects. However, the total of the
speech sound chains are really two different linguistic objects. In fact, they
are far away from each other than Russian and Ukrainian, or Russian and
Belorussian, which are considered separate languages. The same was with some
Turkic dialects, e.g. Dolgan and Jakut or Altai-Kizhi and Altai-Teleut.
Unfortunately. nobody sent me their answers to my e-mail box directly. My access
to the web site is poor. This is why, I read all your answers only yesterday,
alas! Some of the answers are quite interesting. Some wrote that it is not
possible to solve this problem. I am sure it is possible to solve this problem
with the help of the Chi-square, t-test and other criteria of mathematical
statistics. Looking forward to hearing from you directly to <A
href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> Be well, remain yours most
sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk,
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