Classifying languages is about politics as much as linguistics

CROSS the boundaries of the former Yugoslavia and you face a few hassles.

The linguistic differences between languages can be slight, but if politics and identity are involved (as they invariably are), these small linguistic differences can seem massive. "Languages" can occasionally be dialects with their own armies.

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sethdixon

I am a geography professor at Rhode Island College.

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September 6, 2018

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