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minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoYou know, a few hundred years ago, they respect the barriers even less. Especially to their colonies.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoA few hundred years ago, their language was a German dialect!
minus-squareShou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDidn’t every language start as a dialect?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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.