Tag Archives: dialect

What is a dialect?

Posted ago by John Gray

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 …

Localising Arabic 3: Arabish

Posted ago by John Gray

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 …

Neapolitan 1: Stu core analfabeta

Posted ago by John Gray

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.