ala Posted November 30, 2005 at 08:00 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 08:00 PM Don't know who said it, but "A language is a dialect with an army." A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un a flot. (A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.) Max Weinreich writing in the Yivo-Bleter in 1945 in the original Yiddish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted December 1, 2005 at 12:17 AM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 at 12:17 AM Strange situation with the Swiss German dialect. Standard German (High German - Hochdeutsch) is one of the offical languages, although the Swiss German (Schwyzertütsch or Schweizerdeutsch) is the language of all the Swiss Gremans with an army but no navy (no seas around Switzerland). No attempt is made to make this dialect official and is almost not used in a written form. It is very incomprehensible to German speakers outside Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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