>My father distinguished three languages -- Mercan,
>Yankee and Furn. British was either a divergent
>dialect of Yankee or an *almost* reasonable dialect of
>Furn.
[yVr "d{@diz "f{:mli dIn h{v noU "k7r`pEt_} "b{:gVrz InIt_} dI:t]?
>Unfortunately there are NO objective criteion for
>determining what is or isn't a language. As long as
Indeed. Those who've been around linguistics (even on the periphery like me)
are treated every decade to the latest trend in the field (e.g. the latest
"new" language families and their contents).
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