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[โ€“] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't every language start as a dialect?

[โ€“] rumschlumpel 1 points 1 month ago

Possibly, but the distinction here is that the differentiation of Dutch and German didn't happen that long ago, and this would be a lot more obvious if the German dialects that are closest to Dutch weren't nearly dead.