It'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...

It'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