Tag Archives: diglossia

What is a dialect?

Posted 233 days 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 …

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Localising Arabic 3: Arabish

Posted 284 days 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 …

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Neopolitan 2: past, present and future

Posted 287 days ago by John Gray

I have just got back from a visit to Naples, and I wanted to share some opinions I heard there about the past, present and future of the Neopolitan language. Living in Barcelona, this is a subject that I am …

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Neapolitan 1: Stu core analfabeta

Posted 289 days 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.

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Localising Arabic 1: dialects

Posted 407 days ago by John Gray

In recent blog posts we have looked at different forms of Arabic, including those used by the soon-to-be ex-leaders of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. This post will focus on the way that different dialects of Arabic differ from Modern Standard …

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