Re: My version

--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...> wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: My version
> To: "Francesco Brighenti" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 1:25 PM
> 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

It supposedly has German and Dutch influence as well. Other thn <die>, what would that be?
It's often considered as a creole as well.