Linguistically, the distinction between languages and dialects is debated; often, reasonably so, all languages are simply dialects of each other. The reason is

Linguistically, the distinction between languages and dialects is debated; often, reasonably so, all languages are simply dialects of each other. The reason is that if you have two languages which don't understand each other, you can find "intermediary steps" between the two that each understand each other, s.t. you reach the other language. And often, you have two "languages" that are clearly dialects but considered different languages because they each have their own army and navy. [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with...