The question whether Flemish is a language or a dialect is as interesting, and as futile, as asking if Mancunian, Texan or Appalachian are languages or dialects of English. In the Netherlands as well ...

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian on Duolingo, a language learning website and mobile app, has increased by more than 500%. Most of those who are taking up ...

It has been said, that the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has the most dialects per capita of any region in the world. “The amount of variation is actually very famous among dialectologists,” ...

The socio-linguist and scholar Max Weinreich once said, “A shprach eez a deealekt mit an armee un flot”, which translates to, “A language is a dialect with an army and navy.” The original sentence is ...

Generations ago, most Canadian Inuit lived in small seasonal camps but, over the past 60 years, Inuit have settled into permanent towns, where traditional dialects intermingled and sometimes developed ...

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At this time in Guyana the issue of national language, of the status, acceptance and official recognition of the Creole language (Creolese or GCE in Guyana) is alive and current. There have been ...

I am so glad that we are now recognised as a people - Caribbean people. In the past we were pegged on to a motherland and so came the confusion over the way we speak. Back then the leaders insisted ...

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian on Duolingo, a language learning website and mobile app, has increased by more than 500%. Most of those who are taking up ...

Whether someone's speech is a language or a dialect is a matter of both linguistics and politics. illust-monster/iStock/Getty Images Plus In 2022, after the start of ...