Rick Aschmann, a professional linguist, has created a comprehensive analysis of "North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns," as a hobby. The main feature is a map, available in…
Can the relationship between Central German/Middle German, Upper German, and Standard German be compared to Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) languages? In other words, are dialects of the same language?
We all agree that Low German is a distinct language from Standard German. But what about the dialects of Central German and Upper German? Let's suppose we find three monolingual Germans: one who speaks only their local dialect of Central German, one who…