(September 11, 2012 at 2:10 pm)Puddleglum Wrote: Not quite true. There is the southern ' Limburgse' Dialect from Maastricht which has a distinct Identity as well.
the Friesians landed 300 years at least before the Vikings did. They came first as Mercenaries under Hengist and Horsa in the early 5th century whilst the Vikings didn't arrive until about 800
Well, Limburgs now a days is a mixture of German, Belgium and Dutch. But the laguage isn't taught in schools like they teach Frisian. Also it is not reconized as an official laguage by the goverments, where Frisian is. I'm not proving you wrong. In my oppinion it is a separate language because what they speak isn't Dutch nor German nor Belgian therefore a language. But it isn't reconized as one. Like you said, it's a dialect. But if every dialect would become a language we would have loads in the Netherlands.
Tell you something funny though. Do you know where Tipton is? It's near Birmingham/Dudly in the west midlands. In The Tipton dialect sounds so much like Frisian it's unbelievable. I know it's also know for "The Lost City" but still, quite amazing people there!
