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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">From:</font><span class="gD"> Douglas Hinton</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:douglas.hinton@gmail.com">douglas.hinton@gmail.com</a></span><div class="iw">
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</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Subject: </font><span class="gI">LL-L 'Language varieties' 2010.12.24. (04) [EN]</span><br><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font> May I ask for the difference between a dialect and a language? For me
scots is a regional dialect, since the main difference between standard
english and scots is pronunciation. I agree that scots has a certain
special vocabulary, but these same words are widely understood by the
english speaker, even if not commonly used.<br>
Rather extreme, but I even suggest that bokmaal norwegian and danish
are the same language and that bokmaal is a regional dialect of danish.
After all, written bokmaal can be read without hesitation by a native
danish speaker. Most words are spelled the same as danish with the
norwegian having some phonetic spelling corrections. The accent, or
pronounciation, is very different, but that's one characteristic of a
dialect.<br>
For me, a language needs it's own vocabulary and grammar rules. If it
is 80 to 90% the same as the national language, differing mainly in
pronunciation I would say it's a dialect.<br>Regards, Douglas<font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><br><br></span></font></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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