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How a dialect differs from a language - 1 views
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Two kinds of criteria distinguish languages from dialects. The first are social and political: in this view, "languages" are typically prestigious, official and written, whereas "dialects" are mostly spoken, unofficial and looked down upon. In a famous formulation of this view, "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy". Speakers of mere "dialects" often refer to their speech as "slang", "patois" or the like.
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