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Day: November 5, 2016

If the Confederacy had become independent, would their English eventually be considered a different language?

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

OP, but the question comes from Jason Blau, at https://www.quora.com/Why-Arabic… Fascinating question! Reposting his full question: If the Confederacy had become independent, would their english eventually be considered a different language? (Very similar of course, like the relationship between Dutch and Afrikaans). One could assume the prestige dialect would be as distinct as possible from […]