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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish21•7 months agoYou know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less. Especially to their colonies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoA few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoDidn’t every language start as a dialect?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoPossibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.
You know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less.
Especially to their colonies.
A few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!
Didn’t every language start as a dialect?
Possibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn’t happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren’t nearly dead.