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NetStrikeForce
on Aug 11, 2016
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Five languages that came from English
I was under the impression that a dialect becomes a language when it has its own set of "official" rules and not those of the "parent" language.
halfdan
on Aug 11, 2016
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There's no good definition of what makes a dialect a separate language. At least not one that is universally accepted.
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect#Dialect_or_language
patcallier
on Aug 11, 2016
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Standardization is generally distinct from whether something counts as a language or not. English lacked standardization for centuries (almost a millennium if you count it right) after it became a distinct language.
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