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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: Languages and dialects (c)
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 15:23:53 GMT
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Marek1@ix.netcom.com (Marek Konski) wrote:
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> In <3hc8lr$qsk$2@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Jacques Thury 
> <75107.2170@CompuServe.COM> writes: 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >- As a conclusion, the criterion between languages and dialects 
> >is that dialects are mutually understandable, not languages;
> 
> If so, some might think that Polish and Slovak are two dialects of the 
> same language. Can it be true?

No.

Well, perhaps you may find somebody who could
think that. Such person would almost certainly
speak or understand neither of the two languages.

Paul JK.
