From: tgpedersen
Message: 63344
Date: 2009-02-21
>Think of it as the Dutch equivalent of an English stressed 'thé'. Same
> At 2:14:20 PM on Saturday, February 21, 2009, Rick
> McCallister wrote:
>
> > --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
> > wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> [Afrikaans is] 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.
>
> > It supposedly has German and Dutch influence as well.
> > Other thn <die>, what would that be?
>
> It's not clear to me that <die> has to be the result of
> German influence: Middle Dutch had <die> in the nom. sing.
> masc. and fem. and the nom. pl.
> > It's often considered as a creole as well.Hahahaha!
>
> The position isn't very defensible.