Diglossic relationships are supposed to be witnessed between dialects, between nonstandard varieties of one particular language. Yet we see similar diglossic relationships between two completely separate languages. […]
We are familiar with bilingualism. Most countries in the world are bilingual or even trilingual. But people can also be bi-dialectal. […]
Some groups of dialects sound very different from one another, but still belong to the same language family. But there are also groups of dialects that are almost identical, yet are considered to be separate languages. […]
Typically, when we say ‘x’ is a dialect of ‘y’, it means that ‘x’ is quite similar to the language ‘y’. The reason why we consider ‘x’ to be quite similar to the language ‘y’ is that the writing system is the same. Sometimes, what appears to be a dialect is actually a different language. […]
In our ordinary daily experiences, such as while watching a TV show or speaking to someone at a convenience store, we hear words in different languages that seem almost the same as the words in our own language. However, the names of the languages are different. […]
Dialects everywhere have gone through many challenges but emerged as an ongoing process that a standard today may become redundant tomorrow. […]
Dialects have developed with time but those now considered medium sized were used well in their times. Are there many dialects within a country which are different from each other? […]
There is a connection between language and different dialects but what are the usual notions that dialects are a different species? […]
There are many studies that show correlation among different language families. Many linguists have tried to find a pattern among family members of language groups. […]
The theory that there is a single source of origin of all the world’s languages is susceptible to analysis in historical linguistic. American linguist, Joseph Harold Greenberg attempted to show the links between various Proto-World families. […]
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