Tag Archives: dialect

You dah go fe seek you homelan

Posted 91 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

A creole language is one which arises from the fusion of two or more cultures, typically in a colonial context. It is distinct from a pidgin, which is the name given to the rough-and-ready dialect spoken when people of different …

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What is a dialect?

Posted 588 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Following our recent posts on Neapolitan and different varieties of Arabic, it seemed like a good time to look at some of the uses of the term ‘dialect’, and to try to untangle what it is that linguists mean when …

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Localising Arabic 3: Arabish

Posted 639 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Arabic chat alphabet, also known as Arabizi and Arabish, is a an alphabet which enables Arabic-speakers to send messages using a roman keyboard. It was developed in the 1990s, when Arabic-text keyboards and software were (even) less widespread than they …

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Neapolitan 1: Stu core analfabeta

Posted 644 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Stu core analfabeta tu ll’hè purtato a scola e s’è mparato a scrivere, e s’è mparato a lleggere sultanto ‘na parola: “Ammore” e niente cchiù. Italian speakers will have recognised that this poem is not in Italian, although it looks …

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