Re: My version

From: Francesco Brighenti
Message: 63305
Date: 2009-02-21

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

> Wouldn't toscano, romanesco and romagnolo [sp?]

o.k.

> be the only co-dialects of standard Italian?

Since a dialect cannot be regarded as a mere subpart or subdivision of
a language, my reply is affirmative: standard Italian, which a type of
artificially built 'national' language based on a variety of the
Tuscan dialect depurated from some of the latter's typical
phonological features (such as aspirates, spirants etc.), is
definitely a co-dialect of most of other dialects spoken in Italy.
Likewise, standard British English and American English are but two co-
dialects of the trans-continental English language continuum.

Regards,
Francesco