Re: My version

At 7:52:33 AM on Saturday, February 21, 2009, Francesco
Brighenti wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Jarrette"
> <anjarrette@...> wrote:

>> If a European language spreads beyond Europe, it is
>> either the same language (American English) or another
>> language (Afrikaans). It is never a dialect in such
>> cases.

> Isn't Afrikaans considered a modern dialect of Dutch?

By whom, and in what context?

It's certainly descended from Dutch dialects -- southern
dialects, if I remember correctly, but for obvious reasons
it's generally accounted a distinct language. E.g.,
Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa;
Dutch isn't.

Brian