Are/Were there races with two or more 'native' languges in use (at the same time)?
by 'native' i mean languages created and developed by themselves, not injected by outsiders or colonizers.
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ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
The closest thing you can get is a language with male vs. female speech. The difference is mainly in vocabulary. One example is the Garifuna language.
Lakotan too yeah? I remember reading it somewhere that they erroneously used the Lakotan female speech in Dances With Wolves for those tough warriors.
Lakotan too yeah? I remember reading it somewhere that they erroneously used the Lakotan female speech in Dances With Wolves for those tough warriors.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
null wrote:Are/Were there races with two or more 'native' languges in use (at the same time)?
by 'native' i mean languages created and developed by themselves, not injected by outsiders or colonizers.
In Europe you can't find clearly distinguishable ethnicities so I guess this question is not applicable.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
How do you define "race"? 
Most populations have been "outsiders" or "colonizers" at some point in their history.
Most populations have been "outsiders" or "colonizers" at some point in their history.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
[nitpick] By race you really mean nation here, right? [/nitpick] Probably this article on Diglossia is interesting for you.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
thanks guys.
i'll probably have to revise my question later.
i'll probably have to revise my question later.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
by race, he might mean ethnicity
So, say a remote distant and untouched tribe of the amazon rainforest who call themselves the "Insert name here"'s. Would they have developed 2 native languages independantly? It would seem like there was no need, unless their population grew so large that they begin to drift apart, becomming 2 different cultures, and then if they are 1 or 2 ethnic groups begins to be a question.
So, say a remote distant and untouched tribe of the amazon rainforest who call themselves the "Insert name here"'s. Would they have developed 2 native languages independantly? It would seem like there was no need, unless their population grew so large that they begin to drift apart, becomming 2 different cultures, and then if they are 1 or 2 ethnic groups begins to be a question.
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Re: ONE Race with two or more 'NATIVE' languges???
You don't need to seek far...
It is Chinese.
They are in fact separate languages.
Even though people call it Dialects.
But Chinese consider themselves one nation.
On the other hand Serbian and Croatian is the same languages, but nations are different.
And Tutsie and Hutu...
But I am not sure...
Maybe they are speaking the same languges, but considering themselves as on nation.
It is Chinese.
They are in fact separate languages.
Even though people call it Dialects.
But Chinese consider themselves one nation.
On the other hand Serbian and Croatian is the same languages, but nations are different.
And Tutsie and Hutu...
But I am not sure...
Maybe they are speaking the same languges, but considering themselves as on nation.
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