[Foundation-l] Sassarese and Sardinian

Tue Sep 11 07:45:45 UTC 2007

Dante Alighieri spoke Toskanian Vulgar (volgare toscano) that has becamed 
the italian language after the 1300.

Senpai

----- Original Message -----
From: "GerardM" <gerard.meijssen a gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Sassarese and Sardinian

> Hoi,
> Dante Alighieri did not speak Italian. The medieval notion of "noble 
> aulic,
> courtier and distinguished" are not the same notions as we have today. 
> They
> are also not the notions that are used to get recognition from such bodies
> as ISO and thank <insert your favourite deity> for that. It would for
> instance not allow for sign languages to be recognised as such.
>
> It is not that relevant what politicians call a language. The recognition
> that is valid for the Wikimedia Foundation is not decided by any 
> particular
> political entity. There is literature in the Sardinian languages. It is
> however not possible for a constructed language to usurp the existing
> literature and claim it their own in order to get ISO recognition.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>