LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.03.22 (08) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.03.22 (04) [E]


Btw, Frisian is often claimed (by Frisians) to be the most closely related
cognate of English. Through one of your links I came to a study that
pointed out that this isn't true at all, anymore.
Friesland Frisian's closest cognate is Dutch, rhen Afrikaans, then Low
Saxon, then German, then the Continental Scandinavian languages, only then
English and finally Faroese and Icelandic.

Ingmar

But that isn't quite what is being claimed is it? They aren't saying that
there is no closer language to Frisian than English (which is clearly untrue
as you point out), the claim is the closest living relative to English is
Frisian, which, if we discount Scots and Northumbrian as distinct languages,
is probably true.

Paul

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Folks,

This is a cross-over to "Resources."

To all of you who are interested in varieties of English far and wide, and
even beyond English, I highly recommend the series "Lingua Franca" offered
in sound and text online by Radio National of the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC).  You can access the archived sound and text files here:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/index/chrono.htm

The latest installment (March 19, 2005) is about "The New Zealand Accent" --
a must for all of you who haven't heard New Zealand English spoken before or
who wonder what the differences between it and Australian English are.

Having a whole radion series on linguistic topics is very rare.  Bravo, ABC!
You go, Australia! (This is high American-type praise coming from a
European-raised Aussie in America.)

Enjoy!
Reinhard/Ron

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