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the definition linguists use is, "the only difference between a dialect and a language is, a language has a navy"
by fsckboy 4y ago
the definition linguists use is, "the only difference between a dialect and a language is, a language has a navy"
- kubanczyk 4y agoIt's more of a quip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a... One can use "variety" to side-step the whole problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect