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Aren't [geographically] localised linguistic characteristics (different words, different pronunciation) pretty much the definition of "dialects"?
by pbhjpbhj 3y ago
Aren't [geographically] localised linguistic characteristics (different words, different pronunciation) pretty much the definition of "dialects"?
- pmontra 3y agoNot in Italy. Dialects here are languages. They basically belong to the same family of Italian but I won't be able to understand a dialect 50 km from where I live if speakers don't want to italianize it a little. What I was writing about is standard Italian with regional inflections in accent, phonetic, dictionary and syntax but still understandable by any Italian speaker.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoAh, interesting, thank you.