Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig

> From: John Cowan
>
> "Jörg Rhiemeier" wrote:
>
> > I guess that Kerno was officially held to be a dialect of Brithenig
> > until a few decades ago, while in fact it is a language of its own.  Are
> > Brithenig and Kerno mutually intelligible or not?
>
> Um.  There really is no fact of the matter about it.  Are High and Low
> German mutually intelligible, or not?  The best we can say is that
Depends.  I'm fine with Hochdeutsch, but when some of my older in-laws start
speaking Platt, I'm lost.  My wife, who is a native Hochdeutsch speaker can
understand Platt, but doesn't speak it.

David

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